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Intelligence from allies should come from cooperation, not espionage.

• meepmorp 13y ago
  Why is relying exclusively on information that's been filtered through a foreign government, possibly with its own agenda, a sensible way to gather intelligence?
  • alan_cx 13y ago
    When they are an ally. Its how the US expects it's allies to behave towards it. Or do foreigners now have every right to assume the US never, ever plays straight and equally massive surveillance budgets should now be turned towards the US by its own allies? Honest broker or not? See, its seems to me this is the core of the arrogance accusation the US gets. The US holds its had high as a champion of democracy, truth, justice and the American way. Oh yeah? Really? We are expected to buy that and treat American as such. Now we know different. American is hostile. All the smiles, hand shakes and slogans, but underneath, not the same story. Im afraid America is killing its self, cut by cut. The rest of the world is learning what the American dream really means. Its actually very, very sad.
    • ceejayoz 13y ago
      Allies do this all the time. France spys on the US: http://www.france24.com/en/20131024-nsa-france-spying-squarcini-dcri-hollande-ayrault-merkel-usa-obama http://www.france24.com/en/20131024-nsa-france-spying-squarc... Israel spies on the us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard Germany undoubtedly keeps tabs on us, too.