Norway investigates reports of U.S. spying -- CNN(CNN) -- Authorities in Norway have launched an investigation into whether the United States conducted illegal surveillance in the Nordic country, the Ministry of Justice told CNN Thursday.
Officials from Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked to the number two at the American Embassy in Oslo, James Heg, about the allegations on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.
"Because here at the Foreign Ministry, we have not been informed about this" alleged surveillance, she said, asking that her name not be used.
"We wanted to know.... what these activities included," she said.
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