CIA stops spying on friendly European nations

The US is Big Brother and, he is worried about terrorism activities especially from European extremists who have fought in Syria. Then there is the response of Europe to Russian aggression and European hostility to American technology companies following revelations that the companies turned over data to the NSA.
In view of these ground realities, the US used to maintain a network of communication with agents in foreign countries in Europe who used to provide useful information.
This was in addition to official meetings of CIA officers with their counterparts in the host country's intelligence service in order to conduct joint operations with host country services.
But – contacts that are not official have now been stopped.
This current stand-down is believed to be a result of the fallout from the July 2 arrest of a 31-year-old employee of the German intelligence service. He was suspected to be spying for Russia, and he has admitted to the authorities that he had passed on 218 German intelligence documents to the CIA.
Then in a second case, authorities searched the home and office of a German defense official who was suspected of spying for the U.S., but he denied doing so, and no charges have been filed against him.
Following these revelations, Germany asked the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country.
This was an unprecedented demand from a U.S. ally and demonstrated how seriously the Germans were taking the situation, because they had already been stung by revelations made by Edward Snowden, a former NSA systems administrator, that the agency had tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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