The (German) Federal Government Wants To Believe the NSA Lies

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The reports could not be any clearer: The NSA is engaging in political and economic espionage on a grand scale.

The Federal Government Wants To Believe the NSA Lies
Die Zeit, Germany
By Patrick Beuth
Translated By Sandra Alexander
21 October 2013
Edited by Gillian Palmer

In December 2012 and January 2013 alone, the NSA recorded 70 million French telephone conversations. All by terrorists? Of course not. The newspaper Le Monde writes that the documents contain clear indications that Frenchmen who could be of interest to the U.S. due to their work in economics and politics, and that public authorities were targeted for monitoring.

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The French government has summoned the U.S. ambassador. Brazilian President Rousseff canceled a trip to the United States in protest of the surveillance of her country. Mexico vociferously denounced the NSA’s activities as “illegal.”

And what does the German federal government do? They allow themselves to be assured in writing that the NSA is adhering to law and justice in this country — and believe it. They allow the spies to negotiate a treaty among themselves that will allegedly end American surveillance in Germany and believe this is the proper way to protect themselves.

That is no longer only being naive; that is wearing blinders. The German federal government wants to believe the liars and not see the truth.