Angela Merkel at the 60th anniversary of the BND federal intelligence service. Her regard for UK intelligence has angered some serving in her own security services Mika Schmidt/Getty ImagesAngela Merkel sought secret intelligence on terrorist threats to Germany from British spy chiefs above the heads of her own security services on at least two occasions, according to reports. The German chancellor personally swapped a dossier on President Putin and the situation in Crimea with the head of MI6 at Chequers in exchange for information about terrorist activity on the Continent, the German magazine Focus claimed yesterday. Mrs Merkel’s apparent regard for UK intelligence has angered some in her own Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Focus added, especially as she allegedly handed over a file of its reports as a thank you for the British data. Mrs Merkel’s office did not comment on the reports nor the claim that she passed over BND material without…

Source: The Times April 14, 2017 23:02 UTC