Speaking ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Washington next month, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says that the US assurances about NSA surveillance have been wholly insufficient.
Maiziere, the most high profile Merkel ally to discuss the NSA surveillance, went on to say that the US used tactics that are “excessive and over-the-top” and that Germany continues to press for a no-spy deal.
A nation with a long history of surveillance abuses, Germany has taken the NSA scandal more seriously than almost anyone else, with NSA targets centering around not only on major German businesses, but wiretapping Merkel’s phone as well.
Though President Obama later signed an order nominally banning direct eavesdropping on close allies’ leaders, it included loopholes which suggest the practice will essentially continue.
F-ck Europe.
[Edited for profanity. Is that you, Mrs.Kagan- Angela Keaton]
Merkel's and the German government's reaction to US actions remind of someone living in an abusive relationship. The person is fed up but has nowhere else to go.
Insufficent Assurances ?
Are you suggesting that America giving you the middle finger , laughing in your face , and telling you "We aint gonna stop no matter what" qualify as assurances of any kind ?
The funny people.
Of course they are, but what are you going to do about Thom? Angie?
Of course they are, but what are you going to do about Thom? Angie?
keep using US operating system, everything will be OK