German spy chiefs to head to US for spying talks
By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and GEIR MOULSONBy JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, walks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, second left, prior to a group photo at an EU summit on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. A two-day summit meeting of EU leaders is likely to be diverted from its official agenda, economic recovery and migration, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to U.S. President Barack Obama that U.S. intelligence may have monitored her mobile phone. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, walks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, second left, prior to a group photo at an EU summit on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. A two-day summit meeting of EU leaders is likely to be diverted from its official agenda, economic recovery and migration, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to U.S. President Barack Obama that U.S. intelligence may have monitored her mobile phone. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French President Francois Hollande gestures as he speaks to the media during an EU summit, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. European leaders united in anger as they attended a summit overshadowed by reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies - allegations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said had shattered trust in the Obama administration and undermined the crucial trans-Atlantic relationship. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
From left, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, British Prime Minister David Cameron and General Secretariat of the Council Uwe Corsepius during a round table meeting at an EU summit on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Migration, as well as an upcoming Eastern Partnership summit will top the agenda in Friday's meeting of EU leaders. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, left, speaks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite during a round table meeting at an EU summit on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. Migration, as well as an upcoming Eastern Partnership summit will top the agenda in Friday's meeting of EU leaders. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. European leaders united in anger Thursday as they attended a summit overshadowed by reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies, allegations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said had shattered trust in the Obama administration and undermined the crucial trans-Atlantic relationship. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior German officials will travel to the U.S. "shortly" to talk with the White House and the National Security Agency about spying allegations, including how Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone was allegedly monitored by the NSA.
Government spokesman Georg Streiter said Friday that the heads of Germany's foreign and domestic intelligence agencies would participate in the talks. He did not give a specific date for the trip, saying it was being arranged on "relatively short notice."
At a summit Friday in Brussels, European Union leaders vowed to maintain a strong trans-Atlantic partnership despite their anger over allegations of widespread U.S. spying on allies.
But France and Germany say new surveillance rules should be agreed upon with the U.S. this year.
Associated Press
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