https://freerepublic.com/tag/bystanderpresident/ en-us Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:49:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3083987/posts The United States may have bugged Angela Merkel's phone for more than 10 years, according to a news report on Saturday that also said President Barack Obama told the German leader he would have stopped it happening had he known about it. Germany's outrage over reports of bugging of Merkel's phone by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) prompted it to summon the U.S. ambassador this week for the first time in living memory, an unprecedented post-war diplomatic rift. Der Spiegel said Merkel's mobile telephone had been listed by the NSA's Special Collection Service (SCS) since 2002 - marked as... Al Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3083987/posts#comment Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:49:27 GMT