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Good. Can't wait for more rulings about the other things the NSA is doing.

There's security and then there's Orwellian crap.

But what will be done about it?

I hope this also applies to the millions of Europeans whose phones have been tapped by the Americans

Well, duh.

Sorry but no they have to keep an eye on Merkel somehow.

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I actually just did a paper on this and titled it "An Essay That Was Probably Intercepted by the United States Government."

The wiretapping and PRISM issues are barely even the surface though - XKeyscore is way more terrifying and gets no attention.

No they don't.

I disagree and so does the NSA.

She's a former citizen of the Soviet Union who is now in control of Europe's most powerful country - a country with a long history of war and aggression. Germany has the power to make or break the European Union.

So yes, they do.

You do know that the UK, also wire tap? They along with Canada, Australia and New Zealand do a lot of these things.

Nothing. They will continue spying in the name of 'national security'

I think you're paranoid, boo. The US has a history of war and aggression - I hope they too are being spied on.

GCHQ implanted spying software into Gemalto SIM cards so if RomanNavy has a phone it's probably bugged by the Brits.

Smoking pot is illegal too but millions of US citizens continue to smoke cannabis.

Depends where you're from. Since it's legal for millions of Americans anyway. Like in Texas soon.

Snowden's power.

Smoking Marijuana doesn't infringe on the civil liberties of a population, though.

Lol bye @ all of this.

Well, okay. Even Kia spies on Hyundai, Apple spies on Samsung. You think the world's great powers don't watch each other? That's all I'll say.

I'm arguing about whether they should and how they should, boo.

But you haven't given any reasons why they shouldn't. Is it wrong to spy on Iran, Russia and China too? As I said, Germany has had a pretty bad history from 1870s (Franco-Prussian war) through 1989 (fall of Berlin wall). If we ignore history, we are bound to repeat it. Sure, they are our allies for the time being... but so were the Afghans back in the '80s. Rambo even fought alongside the "heroic" Mujahideen.