Government Wrestles With Possible Spy Scandal

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 06: German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (CDU) attends a press conference 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. 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)