In Berlin, Ms Rice and Mrs Merkel sought to dampen down the discussion about alleged CIA practices, the BBC's Ray Furlong reports.
Mrs Merkel said Ms Rice had given "important" reassurances that the US would use "every lawful means" to protect citizens from the threat of international terrorism.
Please Mrs Rice... Forget about our security, please...! Let us do it ourselves... "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
