Germany To Spy On US For First Time Since 1945 After ‘Double Agent’ scandal -- The Independent
'We must focus more strongly on our so-called allies,' says Merkel security spokesperson
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is planning to scrap a no-spy agreement Germany has held with Britain and the United States since 1945 in response to an embarrassing US-German intelligence service scandal which has deeply soured relations between Berlin and Washington.
The unprecedented change to Berlin’s counter-espionage policy was announced by Ms Merkel’s Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière. He said that Berlin wanted “360‑degree surveillance” of all intelligence-gathering operations in Germany.
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German Mistrust of the U.S. Deepens Amid Latest Spy Scandals -- Time
My Comment: This is a shocking development .... President Obama has succeeding in upsetting 70 years of understandings between the U.S. and Germany .... and I definitely do not see it going back to the status quo anytime soon.
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Blaming this on Obama is no different than blaming the Iraq fiasco on Bush. The fault is those critical of government thinking private industry the panacea. This, along with other idiotic schemes belongs squarely on the private think tanks and lobbyists and those who think they are better than GIs.
The buck stops with the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief. Shifting blame to nameless governmental individuals or private ones for that is pointless because it is the President that dictates national policy.
Sure, you can blame his advisors. You can blame the think-tanks. You can blame the brass at the NSA. You can blame who you want.
At the end of the day, it is Obama with the top job, be it illusionary or not, that's the representative top job in the country. This happened under his watch.
And he is to blame.
Could not say it any better D. Plowman.
Here is another issue that is going to get the Germans really riled up when it comes to this White House. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-08/us-set-alienate-angry-germany-next-crackdown-shifts-bnp-commerzbank-deutsche-bank
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