????德國(guó)官員周一就美國(guó)在德國(guó)從事間諜活動(dòng)的最新指控表現(xiàn)出的反應(yīng)給人以不祥之感。他們表示，這起事件可能將導(dǎo)致德美關(guān)系再無可能回歸“一切如?！钡能壍馈?/p>

????上周末，一位供職于德國(guó)聯(lián)邦情報(bào)局(BND)的雇員因?yàn)樯嫦酉蛎绹?guó)中央情報(bào)局(CIA)傳遞情報(bào)以獲取現(xiàn)金報(bào)酬而被捕。消息一經(jīng)披露，德國(guó)上下一片嘩然，群情激奮。

????相關(guān)報(bào)道援引政治和外交消息源稱，這位雇員是從一個(gè)議會(huì)委員會(huì)向中情局傳遞情報(bào)的，而德國(guó)去年成立這個(gè)委員會(huì)正是為了審查美國(guó)國(guó)家安全局(NSA)前分析師愛德華?斯諾登曝光的美國(guó)間諜活動(dòng)。

????據(jù)德國(guó)《圖片報(bào)》(Bild-Zeitung)報(bào)道，就在這名男子試圖向俄羅斯出售情報(bào)那一刻，他被執(zhí)法官員一舉捕獲。但他在被捕后承認(rèn)，“我一直在向美國(guó)人出賣情報(bào)，已經(jīng)兩年了！”

????斯諾登此前披露稱，美國(guó)曾經(jīng)竊聽德國(guó)總理默克爾的手機(jī)。這些指控引發(fā)的怒火從未真正平息過。

????目前正在中國(guó)進(jìn)行國(guó)事訪問的默克爾在一個(gè)記者招待會(huì)上表示，如果得到證實(shí)，這些“嚴(yán)重”指控“顯然跟我所認(rèn)為的兩國(guó)機(jī)構(gòu)的互信合作關(guān)系背道而馳?！?/p>

????路透社(Reuters)報(bào)道稱，德國(guó)外交部長(zhǎng)弗蘭克-瓦爾特?施泰因邁爾也發(fā)表了自己的看法。他說，如果證實(shí)美國(guó)情報(bào)機(jī)構(gòu)參與了這起事件，“它將成為一個(gè)政治問題，我們根本無法重建正常關(guān)系?！?/p>

????低級(jí)別官員就沒這么克制了，一部分聯(lián)邦議院的資深議員甚至呼吁德國(guó)政府將這位BND雇員的美國(guó)聯(lián)絡(luò)人驅(qū)逐出境。

????《圖片報(bào)》同時(shí)報(bào)道稱，內(nèi)政部長(zhǎng)托馬斯?德邁齊埃告知同事，他們應(yīng)該做好萬全準(zhǔn)備，讓自己獲得“一個(gè)360度的視角”，對(duì)美英法等德國(guó)西方盟友進(jìn)行反刺探。

????內(nèi)政部沒有立即回應(yīng)記者的置評(píng)請(qǐng)求，但任何此類動(dòng)作都將成為德國(guó)戰(zhàn)后政策一道頗具戲劇性的分水嶺。德意志聯(lián)邦共和國(guó)一直對(duì)納粹時(shí)期的蓋世太保和東德秘密警察的猖獗活動(dòng)十分敏感，一直假裝自己沒必要從事間諜活動(dòng)——特別是，如果德國(guó)搞這一套，外界對(duì)德國(guó)在大西洋聯(lián)盟中的支柱作用產(chǎn)生懷疑。

????默克爾去年曾試圖與美國(guó)簽署“互不刺探”協(xié)定，但遭到華盛頓拒絕。

????斯諾登曝光的間諜活動(dòng)已經(jīng)鼓勵(lì)一些德國(guó)官員阻止歐盟和美國(guó)簽訂新的自由貿(mào)易協(xié)定——跨大西洋貿(mào)易與投資伙伴協(xié)議(Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership，簡(jiǎn)稱TTIP)。美國(guó)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和數(shù)字巨頭將是這些貿(mào)易談判的最大受益者之一。

????社會(huì)民主黨（默克爾執(zhí)政聯(lián)盟伙伴）副黨魁拉爾夫?斯特格納對(duì)德國(guó)《商報(bào)》(Handelsblatt)說：“自由貿(mào)易和間諜活動(dòng)不可調(diào)和。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：葉寒

????German officials reacted ominously Monday to the latest allegations of U.S. spying, saying that the affair threatened to make a return to ‘business as usual’ impossible.

????The air over Germany has been thick with moral outrage over the weekend after revelations that an employee of Germany’s secret service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst or BND, had been arrested on suspicion of passing information to the CIA in return for cash payments.

????Reports citing political and diplomatic sources said the employee had passed information to the CIA from the very parliamentary committee that Germany set up last year to look into allegations made by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.

????According to the newspaper Bild-Zeitung, officials swooped when the man tried to sell information to Russia. But as they made the arrest, he admitted “I’ve been selling to the Americans for two years already!”

????The furore over Snowden’s disclosures–including accusations that the U.S. had tapped the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel–has never really died down.

????Currently on an official visit to China, Merkel told a press conference that, if confirmed, the “serious” allegations “would be for me a clear contradiction of what I consider to be trusting cooperation between agencies and partners.”

????Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier also weighed in, saying that if it’s confirmed that U.S. services are involved, “it will become a political issue and we can’t just get back to business as usual,” Reuters reported.

????Lower-ranking officials have been less restrained, with senior Bundestag members calling for the expulsion of the BND agent’s U.S. handlers from Germany.

????The newspaper Bild-Zeitung, meanwhile, reported Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere as telling colleagues that they should be prepared to get themselves “a 360-degree view” by spying back on Germany’s western allies such as U.S., U.K. and France.

????The Interior Ministry didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but any such step would represent a dramatic watershed in post-war German policy. Acutely conscious of the excesses of the Nazi-era Gestapo and the communist East German Stasi, spying is something the Federal Republic would still rather pretend it didn’t have to do–especially if by doing so it casts doubt on its anchoring in the Atlantic alliance.

????Attempts by Merkel to agree a mutual “no spying” arrangement with the U.S. were rejected by Washington last year.

????Snowden’s disclosures have already encouraged some in Germany to hold back in the new free trade initiative between the E.U. and the U.S., known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP. U.S. internet and digital giants are set to be among the biggest beneficiaries of those talks.

????“Free trade and spying don’t mix,” said Ralf Stegner, a deputy head of the Social Democratic Party (Merkel’s coalition partners), told the newspaper Handelsblatt.