CIA told Germany to 'avert EU pressure' on human rights

Germany was told by US secret service agents to "avert pressure from the EU" and keep silent on human rights abuses in Morocco where a German terror suspect was being held, according to a UK daily.

The Guardian reported on Thursday (26 October) that the CIA, the US intelligence agency, pressed Berlin to silence EU complaints over the human rights situation in Morocco.

The CIA demand was in return for German officials being allowed to visit a German national held in a Moroccan ja...