British intelligence chiefs have threatened to halt their sharing of information with their German counterparts if Germany goes ahead with a parliamentary inquiry into British and US spying, according German media reports.<\/p>\n
The British are worried that German politicians could expose classified information including details of code breaking and other technology, including a European surveillance program, which was launched last year, said a report in German weekly magazine, Focus.<\/p>\n
Head of Germany\u2019s federal intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) Gerhard Schindler, is reportedly taking the British threat seriously.<\/p>\n
Schindler told the parliamentary inquiry on the issue on Wednesday evening that he was experiencing \u201cunusually tense relations with British partner agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UK provides crucial eavesdropping powers, which is shared with the German agencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout the information from British signals intelligence we would be blind,\u201d an unnamed senior German intelligence official told Focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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