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NSA Secretly Continues Merkel Surveillance

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 25 2014, @02:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-not-directly-spying-on-you dept.

Angry Jesus writes:

"German language magazine 'Bild am Sonntag' reports that, in response to Obama's recent order to stop spying on Angela Merkel and other heads of 'friendly' states, the NSA has instead ramped up spying on everybody Merkel communicates with. Cory Doctorow points out that this action demonstrates that the NSA is out of control and deliberately disobeying a presidential order with a level of duplicity worthy of a four year-old."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by mrbluze on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:45AM

    by mrbluze (49) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:45AM (#6489)

    But the war machine rolls on regardless, be it the Middle East, or Eastern Europe, or the hidden wars on the African Continent. Will that stop?

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  • (Score: 1) by metamonkey on Tuesday February 25 2014, @11:21AM

    by metamonkey (3174) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @11:21AM (#6655)

    It's able to be slowed. Slightly. The MIC was all for dropping bombs on Syria, but public support was nil. I think polls showed only something like 9% support from the American public. Because of that level of opposition, the PTB stood down and let Russia solve the chemical weapons problem with diplomacy.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @12:17PM

    by mcgrew (701) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @12:17PM (#6703) Homepage Journal

    But the war machine rolls on regardless, be it the Middle East, or Eastern Europe, or the hidden wars on the African Continent. Will that stop?

    The latest news is that the head of the defense department wants to cut the US military to pre-WWII levels. [washingtonpost.com]

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