The US refused to sign any no-spy deal with Germany and did not rule out spying on the German government in the future. They may or may not be doing it currentl

The US refused to sign any no-spy deal with Germany and did not rule out spying on the German government in the future. They may or may not be doing it currently, but they certainly still consider it legitimate. It also seems unlikely that Germany was an exceptional case, it seems more likely that the US is spying on all governments of interest, it just did not become public. This makes me also quite wary with respect to the UK. They may have special enough relations to get a different treatment but I don't think that the UK should feel too comfortable even with such agreements in place. If nobody finds out, you always get away with it, no matter how much or little power you have. The interesting case is if someone finds out, how well do you survive the ensuing fallout? In this case more power may of course be helpful.