All these governments accusing each other of unscrupulous spying has got to be the biggest bunch of pots and kettles calling each other black in human history.

All these governments accusing each other of unscrupulous spying has got to be the biggest bunch of pots and kettles calling each other black in human history. The USA is, despite all its overreach and corruption, much more on the liberal side of things than most other large superstates. I think a safe assumption is to take Snowden's revelations as a baseline and to assume that nearly all nation states with the means are at least that bad.