Spain Files Complaint Against U.S. Over Alleged Intelligence Leak
Two U.S. intelligence agents expelled from Spain following allegations of bribery for secrets, while a Spanish agent remains in custody.
- Spain has filed a complaint against the United States, alleging that Spanish intelligence agents leaked secret information to the U.S.
- A Madrid judge has opened an investigation into the agents of Spain’s National Intelligence Centre for the alleged leak.
- Spain's leading newspaper El País reported that Spain discreetly expelled two U.S. intelligence agents posted to the embassy in Madrid for allegedly trying to bribe Spanish officers for secrets.
- Spain’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles insists that the case does not affect the fundamental core of the relations between the two countries.
- Spain’s state news agency Efe says one of the Spanish agents remains in custody while the second has been released with conditions.