Anger mounts as Germany unearths second U.S. spy suspect/Globe & Mail Canada

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Obama's got some 'splainin to do to Angela. And, Angela's got some 'splainin to do the the German people.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/anger-mounts-as-germany-unearths-second-us-spy-suspect/article19526947/

German politicians reacted angrily on Wednesday to news of a suspected U.S. spy in the Defence Ministry, which came days after the arrest of a German foreign intelligence agency worker as a double agent.

After the federal prosecutors said authorities had conducted searches in connection with a second spying case, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partners said Washington should remove any U.S. embassy staff involved and cease spying on its ally.

Surveillance is a sensitive issue in Germany, where the memory of the Nazi’s Gestapo secret police and communist East Germany’s Stasi means the right to privacy is treasured.

After the Snowden revelations, Berlin demanded Washington agree to a “no-spy agreement” but the United States has been unwilling to make such a commitment.

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1. Geez, they're so touchy!

What's the big schmeal about a little surveillance? It's for your own good, you know. No offense, but you're starting to sound a little like the French. Ever since the first world war, the French have been skittish about the salutary effects of war. Sure, they lost an entire generation of young men, a century later their landscape has still not healed, and blah, blah, blah. But Halliburton and other defense contractors aren't going to stay in business if there's too much peace.

We promise we'll use the intelligence gathered only for good things, okay? We have a deal now, or what?

[eridani]

2. A link from Daily Kos

Germany has just found a SECOND U.S. spy in its government.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/09/1312846/-Germany-finds-a-SECOND-U-S-spy-in-its-government

It's a very sad US foreign policy story, happening at this time and in that place. The situation is deeply complicated by the toppling of the democratically elected Ukraine government and the EU's tepid interest in sanctions against Russia for something, something.

"While Ms. Merkel chose not to raise the issue during the call, the fact that the president was kept in the dark about the blown spying operation at a particularly delicate moment in American relations with Germany has led frustrated White House officials to question who in the C.I.A.'s chain of command was aware of the case — and why that information did not make it to the Oval Office before the call."

[Blue_Tires]

3. Maybe Angela needs to start asking why

Staffers with access to sensitive info are so disloyal and cheap to buy...