Germany turns up pressure in suspected US spy case

Re:Germany turns up pressure in suspected US spy case by michaelt on Monday July 07, 2014 @09:31AM (#7998692)

  After all, USA is the biggest partner of the EU/Germany. 
  Germany can't afford a dent in the relationship with the 
  US.

The problem with "They're assholes but we'll let them do what they like because we need them" is America isn't the only country Germany needs. Germany also imports a lot of oil and natural gas from Russia, for example. And lots of electronics and manufactured goods from China.

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Re:Germany turns up pressure in suspected US spy case by tonymon on Monday July 07, 2014 @10:09AM (#7998867)

The thing is that Russia and China are not heavily spying on Germany, despite the fact, that they don't even have such close relationships as US and Germany [before]

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Re:Germany turns up pressure in suspected US spy case by gurkendoktor on Monday July 07, 2014 @11:55AM (#7999448)

Despite? :) Americans can freely spy in Germany because of the close relationship. In fact, thanks to our close relationship, we hand our data over for free in many cases (SWIFT, zomg!).

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Re:Germany turns up pressure in suspected US spy case by rollo on Monday July 07, 2014 @10:41AM (#7999083)

Lol. Of course they are, but German people are not very smart. They're upset their allies spy on them for their own protection, but if their enemies do that it's normal and not even a reason to cool relationships!

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