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He’s giving them the same political two-step shifty-eyed line he gives us, “Trust me because I mean well”.
Actually, it is probably true that everyone does spy on everyone else, even allies.
But given the present administration and its inclinations to use that information to punish those who question, it likely sits uneasy on anyone’s head to consider this.
Via NY Post:
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — President Barack Obama tried on Monday to reassure European allies affronted by reports of U.S. spying by suggesting all the world’s intelligence services were involved in finding out the thinking of opponents and allies alike.
The European Union has demanded the United States explain a report in a German magazine that Washington was spying on the bloc, calling such surveillance shocking if true.
French President Francois Hollande said the alleged action was intolerable and could hinder U.S. relations with Paris and the EU. “We want this to stop fast,” he said.