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German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden

Posted by Soulskill on from the apparently-that-works-pretty-well dept.

siddesu sends this report from The Intercept: German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said this week in Homburg that the U.S. government threatened to cease sharing intelligence with Germany if Berlin offered asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden or otherwise arranged for him to travel to that country. 'They told us they would stop notifying us of plots and other intelligence matters,' Gabriel said.

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  1. Why didn't he go to France? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    France isn't part of NATO and has never had any trouble telling people to get stuffed. You know, like a good friend should.

  2. Re:Can't have it both ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    When countries share intelligence, it's common courtesy to attach the trail of warrants that led to the evidence so that the other party can verify that it was legally acquired. So surely Germany knows the percentage of tainted evidence that it's getting from the US?