Angela Merkel's phone hacked: nothing to see here

Just don't mention the war! 

Don't think anything of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone being hacked by US intelligence agencies. It's all routine. Routine hacking of an allied leader's phone. For security purposes you understand. 

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You can't be too careful, what with Adolf Hitler, the Third Reich and all that. Angela could be the next Hitler you know! Hence it's perfectly justifiable...to tap her phone right? Well no, it's completely unjustifiable; we should not be spying on our allies if it's really about fighting terrorism and not just big brother-style surveillance of everyone.

It's as silly as governor Jesse Ventura being frisked by the TSA at an airport when everyone damn well knows who he is.

I wasn't that surprised when whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed that US spy agencies spy on everyone.  The US insists that it's just terrorists they're monitoring, but I've always suspected that everyone was monitored all the time by the government.  Just another reason why the government is our enemy and not our friend.