Government Wrestles With Possible Spy Scandal

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 06: Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)arrive for the weekly German federal Cabinet meeting on May 6, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Surveillance performed on behalf of the American National Security Agency (NSA) has upset many citizens in a country where, after the Nazi and East German Stasi eras, spying by government bodies remains a sensitive topic. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, who was German Chancellor Angela Merkel's head of Chancellery during the height of the alleged surveillance, has denied that he lied before a parliamentary committee over Germany's cooperation with the NSA and has been met with calls to resign over the scandal. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)