They don't have any legal authority to spy on everyone either. Didn't stop them and after it went public, did anything meaningful happen about it? Our German c

They don't have any legal authority to spy on everyone either. Didn't stop them and after it went public, did anything meaningful happen about it? Our German chancellor, Angela Merkel, went from "this is unacceptable and can't happen under any circumstances and there will be repercussions" to "please don't do it" after the Snowden leaks went public. There is little political backslash and no legal one. The spy agencies (NSA, CIA, GSHQ, BND, #insertanotherhere) do whatever they want with little to no oversight. And if the public finds out about it, the first move is to legalize it by law and continue as before.