![First since WWII: Germany may start spying back on US after double-agent scandal First since WWII: Germany may start spying back on US after double-agent scandal](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/germany-spy-scandal-policy.si_-310x168.jpg)
Germany may scrap its decades-old policy of not spying on key NATO allies in response to the latest spy scandal, which exposed a German intelligence officer as a double-agent leaking secret documents to the US. After the defeat of Nazis in World War II, the new authorities of West Germany adopted a policy of turning a blind eye to the intelligence activities of some of the victors,