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Listening in on Merkel's phone calls. Yes, an ally of the US but allies spy on each other all the time and have and will for all time. Was it illegal? That's a hard no. Was it immoral? That's an interesting debate.

Edit: Though I did appreciate her Captain Renault impression about being so terribly shocked that as head of state she was a target for espionage.



> Was it illegal? That's a hard no.

It was illegal under German law. Should we ignore the laws of our close allies?


Being a foreign spy is always illegal. That's the point of it, and why spies are separate from soldiers and police.


Whether or not we should, it later came out that they were doing the same to us.


If I were a German taxpayer and the BND weren't spying on the US I would want a refund.




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