Germany ends information sharing pact with Britain, United States

CNN ^ | 8/3/13 | Laura Smith-Spark and Stefan Simons

[jimbo123]

Germany has canceled a decades-old agreement on information-sharing with Britain and the United States, in the wake of controversy sparked by American leaker Edward Snowden's disclosures about mass surveillance programs. Germany's Foreign Ministry announced the move Friday, saying it was effective immediately.

[wonkowasright]

There is a concerted effort to wean europe from the west and move them to supporting the east.

Though the way things are going over here on our side of the pond.... Its probably a good thing.

[YHAOS]

Do Liberals now understand the enormous damage that has been done?
Doubtful.

On the other hand, 0bama will be pleased.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Obama has dissed the closest U.S. friends and bowed to her enemies. He’s not working for the U.S., but against her. Impeach him now.

[353FMG]

>Impeach him now.<

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That would take balls — something that is sorely lacking in House and Senate.

[Venturer]

It doesn’t matter what the Germans do,

NSA will listen to every word they say anyway.

[elpadre]

this is a biggie - The Brits and Germans have supplied the CIA huge amounts of good and reliable information for many years. We no longer use human operatives, strictly do electronic means to accomplish the job - with the able assistance of our friends’ intelligence organizations, so I've been told.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Germany ends information sharing pact with Britain, United States

Yeah! Right! (rolling eyes) Hey, I've got some ocean front property in Montana for sale!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jimbo123.

Obama: "Mission Accomplished!"

[yldstrk]

ha ha Washington eat that

[Moonman62]

The Germans remember the Stasi.

[Moonman62]

Do Liberals now understand the enormous damage that has been done? Doubtful.

We're being screwed by the ruling class, not just the liberals anymore.

[madison10]

IMO, The Beast, as in the Bible will NOT be any human, but will be a HUGE, controlling computer. Obviously with the number 666—serial number? binary code? Who knows?

Lives will be run by what the computer knows.

[cherokee1]

That’s CNN’s version. When you listen to the German news it’s a little different. They indeed did have a donneybrook in the bundestag over who was telling/listening/etc to what but Merkel simply pointed out that they needed to know stuff also and the grumbling is dying down fast. The amount of help the Germans have actually been in recent years requires imagination to see it’s significance. Remember they sent five, 5, FIVE airplanes to help us in Afganyland. They sent far more help to Greece than they did to us. And remember they still like our bases there so the notion that they won’t share stories is——what’s the kraut word for bunk?

[kenmcg]

Sure, can’t blame the Germans for not trusting the USA. Our government celebrates Ramadan while downplaying Christmas.

[YHAOS]

"We're being screwed by the ruling class, not just the liberals anymore."

Whom do you suppose Liberals to be?

[dsrtsage]

I haven’t trusted the Germans since they bombed Pearl Harbor

[Stayfree]

Another diplomatic blunder by Captain Chaos in the White House...

[Almondjoy]

Snowden equals Russian spy.. yeah yeah, we all have to be afraid of our oppressive government. Oh wait, Russia embarassed us and not we’ll lose thousands of real people to terrorists. I get why we don’t want to cancel the program, not one real American imprisoned by it, but now our real enemy Russia will see thousands die because of a spy who wanted those dead.

[Patriot95]

Interesting. Sounds similar to the plot of the movie “Eagle Eye.”