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."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Pav on Tuesday February 25 2014, @07:43AM
Strange... haven't seen anyone ask "is this German magazine a reputable source?". I suppose this is the price to be paid for secret mass surveilance ie. loss of trust. This is exactly as it should be - the general public were mushrooms for too long, and that's shamefully undemocratic - but can people overcome their learned disempowerment to do anything? This security-theatre bullsh*t takes energy away from actual threats. China now has uninterceptable carrier killing missiles, the F-22 and F-35 programs are expensive and seriously underdelivering, and the USAs coffers and military confidence have been eroded by misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. No wonder warhawks trumpet military spending - why would they want to measure actual capability? It's the same story as healthcare - the American public has been defrauded. The post-coldwar opportunity for a better America and a better world has been utterly wasted (unless of course you hold shares in war or security related companies).
(Score: 4, Funny) by maxwell demon on Tuesday February 25 2014, @08:08AM
Bild is definitely not generally considered a reputable source. But obviously, the NSA's reputation is even beyond that of Bild. ;-)
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 25 2014, @02:55PM
Yeah, Bild is not a reputable source. But Bild am Sonntag is more reliable than their weekday paper.