Posted on 10/23/2013 5:33:12 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
BERLIN — Furious German officials said Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies may have been monitoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone, creating a fresh diplomatic headache for President Obama after a week in which other close allies condemned his administration over allegations of other spying misdeeds.
The German leader called Obama on Wednesday about the issue, forcing him to assure a European leader for the second time this week that the United States had not overstepped boundaries in its eavesdropping programs.
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The accusations in Germany were prompted by reporting by the news magazine Der Spiegel, which has run many stories based on classified U.S. National Security Agency documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Der Spiegel said on its Web site Wednesday that the German intelligence agencies had, after a review of the magazine’s technical data, deemed its information on the monitoring of Merkel’s cellphone “over years” plausible enough to confront the U.S. government about it.
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[low info Obamabot with fingers in both ears]: “nananananana...I can’t hear you! Obama is great! Obama is great!”
Bet she freaked out Obama picked up the phone and said,
“Hi, Ang! Lookin’ good!”.
Here is a clue for ya, Krauts: Obamugabe DOES NOT CARE about maintaining good relations with you.
Has this been reported on TV yet so when Chancellor Merkel calls Obama he will have at least a little background about the subject?
Ich bin ein Buggedliner
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