Earlier this week we read about the German Public Prosecutor openig up a Treason Charge:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/07/31/0035248/germany-wont-prosecute-nsa-but-bloggers [slashdot.org]
Within hours, the investigation was halted. And now the public prosecutor lost his job over it.
Looks like this commenter foresaw accurately what would happen, based on a very similar past incident:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7768021&cid=50221095 [slashdot.org]