German lawmaker asks UK spy agencies to hand over 'spy' files
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A German lawmaker has asked British spy agencies to disclose any files they hold on him following allegations by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that Britain's embassy in Berlin was used as a secret listening post.
Hans-Christian Stroebele, a Green Party lawmaker and member of the parliamentary committee that oversees German intelligence, said Tuesday that Snowden's claims that Britain operated a spy station from the roof of its Berlin embassy lead him to believe he may have been spied upon.
Stroebele met Snowden in Moscow this month and released a letter from the leaker calling for help to persuade the U.S. government to drop charges against him.
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Stroebele also claims that Britain could have violated EU laws by helping transmit to intelligence from Germany to the U.S.