泄露的美国外交电报显示，美国和德国据称不顾来自法国等国家的强烈反对正在共同开发一个间谍卫星系统。
挪威的《晚邮报》在获得了可以阅读维基揭密网站所拥有的大约25万份美国外交电报的许可之后于星期一公布了这个信息。
据《晚邮报》报导，这些发自美国驻柏林大使馆的电报说，这些间谍卫星将在2013年底前开始运行。
由于这个项目的争议性，美国和德国官员据信在向公众介绍这个项目时会把它说成一个带有环保目的的民用项目。事实上，据报导，这些电文说，这个项目处于德国情报部门以及德国航天中心的“完全控制之下”。
这些在2009年2月到2010年2月期间发出外交电报还详细说明了好几个国家，特别是法国，曾经试图阻止这个项目。
Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show that the United States and Germany allegedly are developing together a spy satellite system despite strong opposition from countries such as France.
The Norwegian daily Aftenposten published the information Monday after the newspaper obtained full access to the website WikiLeaks’ cache of some 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables.
According to Aftenposten, the cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin said the satellites are to be operational by 2013.
Due to the controversial nature of the program, U.S. and German officials deemed to present it to the public as a civilian project with environmental aims. In reality, the cables reportedly say the project is “under the total control” of the German intelligence service and the German aerospace center.
The diplomatic cables, sent from February 2009 to February 2010, also detail how a number of countries — especially France — have tried to stop the project.