. >> reporter: there is more employer asment for the obama admin nation, the strove of documents leakededward snowden has produced another bombshell. the controversy is growing and so is a rift with a close ali. angela merkel expressing outrage on the fact that america listened in on her telephone phone calls. >> i have made it clear to the american president that spying between friends is unacceptable. i said that in june when he was in berlin and in july and also yesterday in a phone call. it's not about me, it's about the privacy of all jeff marijuana people. between allies there must be trust. and this trust must now be rebuilt. >> reporter: at the white house, spokesman jay carney did not deny the spying had taken place. >> what i can't do and won't do is answer every allegations that appears in print about intelligence activities. >> reporter: this, as the white house tries to limit the fallout. >> the revelation that his have appeared of late have obviously caused tensions in our relationships with some countries and we are dealing with that set of issues through diplomatic chann