German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s former chief of staff said he didn’t know of any effort by U.S. intelligence to spy on German companies in 2008, rebuffing opposition allegations of a cover-up.
Thomas de Maiziere, who is now interior minister, was reacting to news reports that the U.S. National Security Agency and Germany’s BND foreign intelligence service spied on targets such as the French government and companies including European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., now Airbus Group NV.
“As chancellery chief of staff in 2008, I had no knowledge of any search terms from the U.S., ‘selectors,’ or the like for ...
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