Domestic criticism of the NSA surveillance scandals has been a headache for the Obama Administration, but international outrage is the bigger problem, and one that threatens to stand in the way of other diplomatic deals, particularly where Germany is concerned.
A country with a long history of surveillance abuses, Germans are understandably up in arms about being targeted. Congressmen see an easy solution to the issue, however: just let Germany in on it.
Right now the UKUSA Agreement covers five members. Dubbed the “Five Eyes,” they include Britain, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, who have agreed to cooperate in the global surveillance schemes.
The Congressmen are presenting the addition of Germany as a “sixth eye” as something that could “extend an already strong relationship,” but its more straightforward than that.
The other “eyes” of this pact have been in on this surveillance for decades, and have mostly shrugged off the international outcry. Adding the German government to the conspiracy of the surveillors is just a chance to distance a potentially powerful critic from the rest of the surveillees.
I don't think these 2 clowns (Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Charlie Dent (R-PA)) know much history and even less about the German people and their experience with government surveillance over the years. Thinking that by allowing the Germans to share in the intelligence they are going to make the kerfuffle with the German people go away, they don't understand the deep-seated disdain for spying on their own people – and the politicians and government agents who do it. But, that's just this old curmudgeon's opinion…
They are dumb yanks all they know is the Zionist who pays them and their whopper with cheese.
Do not fool yourself the germans are still under the shadow of America and Israel.