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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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