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German government outraged by US snooping scandal
EU Observer ^ | 12.06.13 @ 09:29 (June 12) | Valentina Pop

Posted on 06/12/2013 9:48:38 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The German government is demanding explanations from the US after it emerged that its secret spying program PRISM collected more information from Germany than any other EU country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to raise the issue when she receives US President Barack Obama in Berlin next week, her spokesman said on Monday (10 June).

Data privacy is a very sensitive topic in Germany and the cluelessness of Merkel’s government about the affair may become an issue in September’s elections. …

Germany’s hawkish interior minister—a Bavarian Christian-Social politician whose party is standing for re-election both on regional and national level in September—also indicated that US and German intelligence services cooperate well and that PRISM might have “indirectly” helped Germany to prevent terrorist attacks. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eussr; merkel; obama; prism; snoopingscandal; stasi

1 posted on 06/12/2013 9:48:38 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Probably only because it didn’t focus on Jewish owned businesses.


2 posted on 06/12/2013 9:49:39 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Give me your tired, your hungry..., wait, we've got them. They're our citizens... What about them?)
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To: Olog-hai

Once all the Germans
were warlike and mean
but that couldn’t happen again
we taught them a lesson
in 1918
and they’ve hardly bothered us
since then...


3 posted on 06/12/2013 9:57:03 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
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To: Olog-hai
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to raise the issue when she receives US President Barack Obama in Berlin next week

What a dummy she is. Now the IRS will audit her for sure.

4 posted on 06/12/2013 10:03:09 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

The last people we should take a lecture from is,... well anybody really.


5 posted on 06/12/2013 10:08:03 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Olog-hai

9.9, 9.8, 10.0 and a 6.5 from the East German judge...


6 posted on 06/12/2013 10:08:44 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: null and void

LOL! So we now have a former East German with alleged Stasi connections (Merkel) and a former dyed-in-the-wool KGB agent (Putin) dumping on Obama for snooping.


7 posted on 06/12/2013 10:13:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yup. Strange times...


8 posted on 06/12/2013 10:20:18 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: null and void

>>LOL! So we now have a former East German with alleged Stasi connections (Merkel) and a former dyed-in-the-wool KGB agent (Putin) dumping on Obama for snooping.<<

>>>Yup. Strange times...<<<

Have you seen the postings from Pravda? They sound like Rush in both the accuracy and fact-orientation and refusing to put on the obozo kneepads. The lapdog LSM is making Pravda look honest...


9 posted on 06/12/2013 2:54:04 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
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To: freedumb2003

Truth!


10 posted on 06/12/2013 3:10:20 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Olog-hai
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to raise the issue when she receives US President Barack Obama in Berlin next week, her spokesman said on Monday"

Hard to belive she'd take him seriously about anything.


11 posted on 06/13/2013 3:58:23 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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