U.S. spied on Merkel and other Europeans through Danish cables - broadcaster DR

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod elbow bump at the end of a joint news conference following meetings at the Danish Foreign Ministry in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 17, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) used a partnership with Denmark's foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials of neighbouring countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish state broadcaster DR said.

The findings are the result of a 2015 internal investigation in the Danish Defence Intelligence Service into NSA's role in the partnership, DR said, citing nine unnamed sources with access to the investigation.