From the BBC to NPR, everyone reports the personal mobile telephone of German Chancellor Ms. Merkel was allegedly tapped by the U.S. three letter agency that has been a source of entertainment, anguish, shock, staunch defense and shenanigans in general.
Der Spiegel broke the news. The White House said the U.S. "is not monitoring" and "will not monitor" but, as everybody pointed out, declined to comment on the past.
Of course, like others out of East Germany, Ms. Merkel was once a member of the socialist youth organization there in her younger days. But that was a long time ago and she has shown no signs of ever believing in that system.
You could also ask, what in "collect everything" do people not understand?
On the part of those Germans vocal about surveillance overreach in the past several months, you can find a little bit of Schadenfreude because the German government and the main parties did not seem to take the stories seriously.
There is also widespread resignation about the "Amis" doing whatever they can get away with, and those not friendly towards the U.S. will see their views reinforced.
The K-Landnews team would really love to know where the information about the Chancellor's mobile phone being surveilled came from and how the Germans verified the allegations.
A competing news item today is the announcement of a new Asterix comic!
By the time we hit publish for this post, it is very probable that someone on Twitter will have cracked a joke linking the NSA, the Romans and Asterix.
Let us know if you find a funny one.
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