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In response to "Europe: How dare the NSA spy on our leaders and citizens. WSJ: Actually those recordings came from your own agencies. -- (link)" by Max

The outrage exists solely because what has always happened became public.

Posted by TWuG Oct 29 '13, 11:25

Everyone spies on everyone, regardless of how "friendly" the are. But when it becomes public, the target nation has to act outraged because their public is outraged. "How dare you spy on us!" conveniently ignores that the target nation is also spying on the nation their public is now mad at.

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these people only way they can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT! -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 29, 11:34
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- We are very much better at it than anyone else. I'm fine with it. - TWuG Oct 29, 11:39 2
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  - So, "eff everyone else, I've got mine?" -- nm - Roger More Oct 29, 11:43

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The outrage exists solely because what has always happened became public.

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