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>Government sources say that it would be “unacceptable” for an ally to take such action. Not only would it mean that the US agency had operated on Spanish soil

>Government sources say that it would be “unacceptable” for an ally to take such action. Not only would it mean that the US agency had operated on Spanish soil without asking for authorization or informing the authorities, it would also be a violation of the international conventions that protect diplomatic delegations. Something tells me the Spanish govt will do nothing about it besides issuing a non-consequential statement of disapproval just like when Merkel found out her blackberry was being tapped by the five eyes. Gotta love sovereignty,

duxup 8y ago
What should they do? They don't seem to know who actually did this... not at this point.
freeflight 8y ago
> just like when Merkel found out her blackberry was being tapped by the five eyes. Gotta love sovereignty Fun side-fact about that particular thing: Not much did happen there because nothing about that was actually illegal. The NSA totally had and still has, the right to spy on Merkel [0]. Exceptions for this kind of surveillance were already lobbied into the German constitution by NSA surveillance interests decades ago [1]. Couldn't have German constitutional rights be in the way of winning the intelligence Cold War. The German BND gladly goes along with it all of this, as their origin traces right back to the CIA [1]. [0] https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2013-10/nsa-uerberwachung-merkel-interview-foschepoth https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2013-10/nsa-uerberwa... [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201403/20140307ATT80674/20140307ATT80674EN.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/20140... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehlen_Organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehlen_Organization