Speaking today from Der es Salaam, President Obama defended the mass surveillance of European diplomats, saying the practice is “standard” throughout the world and would continue despite complaints.
Revelations of the systematic US bugging of European Union buildings in Brussels as well as offices in the United States have fueled a major backlash among EU nations, with officials warning that diplomatic talks with the US will be compromised since the US is known to be listening in on negotiators.
Incredibly, though defiant on the practice, Obama downplayed the need for such surveillance, saying there was “no reason” to rely on intelligence, and that if he really wanted to know what EU officials were thinking he’d just call and ask them.
But despite the huge diplomatic costs, the huge financial costs, and his insistence that the practice is totally unnecessary, Obama insisted that there would always be surveillance of allied diplomats, insists “that’s how intelligence operations work.”
Indefinite detention, torture and murder also also "standard practice" for Obama.
And clearly will continue despite complaints.
The united stats of america never was an honest broker, never wanted to be the one and it will not be in feature. we said it from day one: this man was elected to open a corridor into Africa, this man was elected to continue with the Bush regime and his legacy in New World Order. He following that path with a more authority then one can think of.., he simply tells the world is either US nor no one.
America’s on the edge of destruction and as a country she is so bloated and arrogant that she will not notice until it’s altogether too late.
Somehow, I don't think that his response is going to placate many in the EU…
Just incredible how in all of this the word Israel is avoided. Yet the majority of companies involved in surveilance have either an Israeli connection or origin. The origin is often from within Israel military.
Furthermore the internet data accumulation has an excuse counter terrorism. One has to ask if it was so easy for Snowden to accumulate data then how easy for these private contractors to accumulate commercially valuable information.
So then leaking all this to the outside world is "no harm done"
"The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
And this American arrogance is surely making itself the concern of all. It is
irreversibly forging a great common bond of antipathy to America among
nations and peoples who otherwise wouldn't even agree on the time of day.
This man is really dirty.
Definitely, the worst president ever, for the US of A!
This clown makes me regret Mr. Bush 1 and 2.
Illegal wars, death squads, Illegal heroin trafficking, torture, rape…….murder…….require constant vigilance………. Is it any wonder they want to hear everything……….. The crimes of our leaders need 24/7…365 COVER-UP