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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by tobiasu on Sunday June 30, 2013 @10:14AM (#5965840)
You are operating under the assumption that our politicians didn't know about this before. There's a really really low chance this is true.

It's much more plausible that everyone has been spying on everyone else and countries with restrictions regarding spying on their own citizens have backroom deals to get access to intelligence via other nations.

To give an example how tight the relations are between the US and Germany, start reading how our secret service came to be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehlen_Organization

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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by abraininavat on Sunday June 30, 2013 @01:58PM (#5966547)
I don't see that assumption in the parent's post. You apparently are operating under the assumption that politicians are less two-faced than they are.
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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by tobiasu on Sunday June 30, 2013 @02:18PM (#5966619)
So, you think Germany would pretend to be pissed off enough make moves against the US, instead of making their usual hollow threats that go nowhere?
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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by abraininavat on Sunday June 30, 2013 @02:23PM (#5966638)
Of course! The government will go as far (and only as far) as it takes to quell the dissatisfaction brewing among the people. If that goes as far as real action, that's what will happen.
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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by tobiasu on Sunday June 30, 2013 @02:48PM (#5966717)
IMO that would be a too strong a response for a country that heavily depends on export.
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Re:Secret Documents: NSA monitored 500 million connections i... by abraininavat on Sunday June 30, 2013 @11:04PM (#5968399)
What is your point exactly? I'm not saying they will. I'm saying they would.
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