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NSA Secretly Continues Merkel Surveillance

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 25 2014, @06:00AM   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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 26 2014, @03:34AM (#7097)

    until then they remain happy with bread and circuses.

    Corollary: If you remove the bread and circuses, the people will become unhappy.
    Extension: If people are unhappy, they will protest meaningfully.
    Extension #2: If people protest meaningfully, change can be effected.