- NEW: Hillary Clinton: Spying on Merkel's phone "was absolutely wrong"
- A White House spokesman declines to comment
- It's the second such case in a week
- Merkel: "If the reports are correct, it would be a serious case"
(CNN) -- One week. Two different allegations of Germans spying for the United States.
German prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating a suspect accused of passing secrets.
"Officers of the federal criminal office have since this morning searched the living and office rooms of an accused in the Berlin area because of initial suspicion of secret service agency activity," they said. "An arrest did not take place."
As a matter of policy, White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to comment on the reported intelligence activity.
"The reason for that is there's an important principle at stake, which is declining to comment on them publicly allows for the sufficient protection of our national interests, in some cases the intelligence assets, and more generally, American national security," he said.
Only last week, German prosecutors ordered the arrest of a German citizen on suspicion of spying for foreign intelligence agencies.
On Friday, the German foreign office called in the U.S. ambassador to discuss it.
Both the German prosecutor and the foreign office released scarce information then, but officials have spoken in detail with German journalists, who published many reports on the allegations of U.S. spying on the country.
"If the reports are correct, it would be a serious case. If the allegations are true, it would be for me a clear contradiction to what I consider to be a trustful cooperation between agencies and partners," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Her warning came as U.S.-German relations are already shaky in the aftermath of disclosures by classified leaker Edward Snowden that showed the United States was listening in on Merkel's phone calls.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an interview Tuesday with German news site Spiegel Online, said both countries need to talk about what intelligence collection should be allowed and what might thwart intelligence and security cooperation.
"Clearly, the surveillance on Chancellor Merkel's phone was absolutely wrong," she said.
Germany and other friendly countries complained when Snowden's leaks last year revealed U.S. surveillance of foreign leaders as well as screening of foreign phone calls and Internet contacts in investigating terrorist ties.
The Obama administration responded that all countries conduct surveillance on each other, but the President also has ordered changes in U.S. programs.
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CNN's Stephanie Halasz, Ben Brumfield and Matthew Chance contributed to this report.
Awards season is gearing up again (already!), and where there are nods, there are sure to be snubs. In honor of the Emmy nominations that will be announced on Thursday, we take a look at some of the shows that never received outstanding series honors from the Academy. One that stings the most is HBO's gripping "The Wire," more commonly known as one of the best shows on television. But it never got nominated, and that's just the beginning. 
Superb acting and fascinating storylines didn't keep HBO's show "Oz," about life inside a harrowing prison, from being snubbed. 
We STILL miss Aaron Sorkin's "Sports Night." The critics loved the ABC dramedy about a fictitious sports show, and it had diehard fans. Sadly, those fans weren't Emmy voters. 
"My So-Called Life" launched the career of a teen Claire Danes, second from right, who starred in the ABC drama about the angst of the high school years. Despite what would become a cult following, it suffered from low ratings and no Emmy love. 
For the initiated, "Freaks and Geeks" was the coolest thing going, and fans went crazy when some of the cast reunited in 2011. Although the NBC show won an Emmy in 2000 for casting, it was never nominated for best series. 
How could the Emmy voters have missed the magic of Joss Whedon and his show that helped shape pop culture? His "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" snagged a few noms for makeup, music and writing, but a nomination for best series was not in the cards for the WB/UPN show. 
Everyone seems to love FX's "Louie" -- which is written, produced and directed by its star, Louis C.K. -- but it has yet to receive a nomination for outstanding comedy series. 
"Veronica Mars" won a legion of fans on TV and with its Kickstarter movie but not at the Emmys. It didn't earn a single nomination during its stint on UPN, which later became The CW network. 
ABC's "Roseanne" was lauded as a groundbreaking comedy with an outspoken star in Roseanne Barr. The show was routinely No. 1 in its timeslot, but shockingly, that never translated to a best comedy nomination. 
FX's "The Shield" was a gritty precursor to a few other cop shows and received lots of acclaim. Star Michael Chiklis, right, won an Emmy for best lead actor in a drama in 2002, but the series never scored. 
We wonder whether David Simon takes it personally. Like "The Wire," the other HBO show he created, the love letter to New Orleans that was "Treme," was never nominated for an outstanding series Emmy. 
Fox's "Married with Children" could be crude, rude and offensive to some, but that didn't stop it from being beloved. And yet it was never nominated for best comedy. 
"Beavis and Butthead" blazed trails on MTV but not at the Emmys. 
Admit it: You still sing the theme song to "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." The wildly popular 1990s NBC comedy was nominated for one Emmy during its run: outstanding individual achievement in lighting direction for a comedy (!). And it didn't win. The show was shut out of all other Emmy nominations. 
