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German Report: Obama Aware of Merkel Spying Since 2010

Posted by samzenpus on from the oh-you-mean-that-spying dept.

First time accepted submitter pupsocket writes "Yesterday the German newspaper of record, Frankfurter Allgemeine, reported that the President told German Chancellor Merkel that he would have stopped the tap on her phone had he known about it. Today, another German paper, Bild am Sonntag, quoted U.S. Intelligence sources that the President had been briefed in 2010. 'Obama did not halt the operation but rather let it continue,' the newspaper quoted a high-ranking NSA official as saying."

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  1. Happy Sunday from The Golden Girls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you for being a friend
    Traveled down the road and back again
    Your heart is true, you're a pal and a cosmonaut.

    And if you threw a party
    Invited everyone you knew
    You would see the biggest gift would be from me
    And the card attached would say, thank you for being a friend.

  2. Germany sells nuclear tech to Iran by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just remember Seimens (a German company) has sold nuclear tech to Iran.

    I have no problem with what Bush and then Obama did.

    And if Seimens were to sell to North Korea, I say we start bombing.

  3. Re:About what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So lick my butt and suck on my balls!