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demonicon
Mar 29, 2011
So we found out that not only has the NSA been spying on Germans for reasons, not to mention the illegal capture of messages of our head of state. No, the NSA has been paying members of our intelligence service money to spy on us. I am re evaluating Nato membership right now.

Willy brandt

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28160767

demonicon fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Jul 6, 2014

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demonicon
Mar 29, 2011
Have fun checking the Russian menace on your own m

MY BF LESLIE SAID
Jun 9, 2006

by Lowtax
*shits*

Katana Gomai
Jan 14, 2007

"Thus," concluded Miyamoto, "you must give up everything you have to be my disciple."

german here; no one outside of germany gives a gently caress, op.

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



in world war 3 america is the nazis

MY BF LESLIE SAID
Jun 9, 2006

by Lowtax

gggiiimmmppp posted:

in world war 3 america is the nazis

I would play this video game.

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


Hey Deutschland if you send me those cool rear end eurobucks and weapons and advisers I will start a local insurgency so they don't have time to spy on the fatherland.

demonicon
Mar 29, 2011

Katana Gomai posted:

german here; no one outside of germany gives a gently caress, op.

It's almost as if the country in europe with the highest population, the highest gdp, and the highest contributor of manpower in the Nato is totally uninteresting to the us

Helpimscared
Jun 16, 2014

NSA just doesn't give a gently caress

warderenator
Nov 16, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Helpimscared posted:

NSA just doesn't give a gently caress

Must be since we already pissed off the Germans and we're still spying on them

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

as an american, this bothers me less than nsa spying on americans

demonicon
Mar 29, 2011

Helpimscared posted:

NSA just doesn't give a gently caress

Yeah but don't come crying when we stop seeing Nato as allies

mango sentinel
Jan 5, 2001

by sebmojo
lol if you don't think everyone spies on everyone.

demonicon
Mar 29, 2011

mango sentinel posted:

lol if you don't think everyone spies on everyone.

Lol if you accept this as normal

Ball Cupper
Sep 10, 2011

~beautiful in my own way~

demonicon posted:

Lol if you accept this as normal

It is.

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



america just has the worst most incompetent spies in the world

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
The Intelligence establishment in the US doesn't trust Angela Merkel because she was raised in East Germany and they are terrified she will align with Moscow.

Blowback? Never heard of it.

Adventure Pigeon
Nov 8, 2005

I am a master storyteller.

demonicon posted:

Yeah but don't come crying when we stop seeing Nato as allies

oh no what will we do without the mighty wehrmacht

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

demonicon posted:

Lol if you accept this as normal

It totally is normal and has been done by literally every world government since the dawn of civilization and you're a completely naive scrub if you didn't realize this.

The only thing that changed here are the technology levels and the red-handedness of it

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Like I'm pretty sure that even random central american countries have spies based in Antwerp and Paris for no goddamn reason. It just happens.

Morkyz
Aug 6, 2013
Whenever I hear about the nsa spying on non-Americans I feel slightly aroused.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
IMO if Germany leaves NATO it takes the entire EU with it because Germany has created the 4th Economic Reich.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Big Beef City posted:

Like I'm pretty sure that even random central american countries have spies based in Antwerp and Paris for no goddamn reason. It just happens.

also lolling how D&D types are outraged by the fact that yes allied countries still spy on each other.

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


gggiiimmmppp posted:

in world war 3 america is the nazis

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

the nsa revelations werent stunning because of the spying on national leaders and targeted espionage. what was hosed up and unprecedented is the attempt by the nsa to surveil and collect literally every person's electronic communications. that is new, and it is hosed up. the end of privacy is the issue imo

The Brown Menace
Dec 24, 2010

Now comes in all colors.


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TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

also i would hope the germans have a better understanding that state surveillance isnt harmless and i imagine east german apologists during the cold war probably made the same "well if you have nothing to hide!!" arguments

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

Groundbreaking intel THS.
Shocking revelation today that water is wet.

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Big Beef City posted:

Groundbreaking intel THS.
Shocking revelation today that water is wet.

i care

Hole Wolf
Apr 28, 2011

i'm glad that the nsa is so good at their job

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

THS posted:

the nsa revelations werent stunning because of the spying on national leaders and targeted espionage. what was hosed up and unprecedented is the attempt by the nsa to surveil and collect literally every person's electronic communications. that is new, and it is hosed up. the end of privacy is the issue imo

Also that places such as the UK and Germany were doing NSA style intensive data mining on their citizens.

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

demonicon posted:

So we found out that not only has the NSA been spying on Germans for reasons, not to mention the illegal capture of messages of our head of state. No, the NSA has been paying members of our intelligence service money to spy on us. I am re evaluating Nato membership right now.

Willy brandt

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28160767

...miss the communists yet

Smoking Crow
Feb 14, 2012

*laughs at u*

Smoking Crow posted:

...miss the communists yet

at least they were like "hell yeah were spying on u"

none of this subterfuge bullshit

The Brown Menace
Dec 24, 2010

Now comes in all colors.


etalian posted:

Also that places such as the UK and Germany were doing NSA style intensive data mining on their citizens.

this is not like my american eurotrips at all

Throwdini
Aug 2, 2006

The Brown Menace posted:

my 50000 hours on gabelstapler simulator secret

lol

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Mar 17, 2009
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As a german, quite frankly seeing as how things go, aligning with moscow is in germanys best interest and also something that will happen more and more in the future. Merkel actually did a good job screwing a lot of work here up that Schröder laid down.

Also I'm convinced that we spy on the americans in equal measure. It's just idiot american NSA getting caught over and over again.

What I'm saying is, enjoy your isolation USA.

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
lol literally no one gives a gently caress about this in the US and really we shouldn't

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Police Automaton posted:

As a german, quite frankly seeing as how things go, aligning with moscow is in germanys best interest and also something that will happen more and more in the future. Merkel actually did a good job screwing a lot of work here up that Schröder laid down.

Also I'm convinced that we spy on the americans in equal measure. It's just idiot american NSA getting caught over and over again.

What I'm saying is, enjoy your isolation USA.

lol at this

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
Russia is one of the most corrupt countries on the planet and anyone who thinks they are sticking it to the USA for "spying" by allying with Russia is a retard.

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a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Its 2015 and Germany is welcoming back the stasi w open arms :monocle:

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