"However, you don’t have to be a mind-reader to understand what enrages Feinstein. Merkel and the other world leaders we’ve been caught eavesdropping on are all members of a transnational political elite of which Feinstein is a leading figure. The political class – in this country and around the world – reserves to itself certain perks and privileges, one of which is the absolute sanctity of their esteemed persons: for example, when they commit a crime, as Glenn Greenwald showed so exhaustively in his book on the subject, they very rarely go to jail. Even if they’re convicted of a crime in a court of law they nearly always manage to get off with a slap on the wrist – that is, if they don’t elude punishment altogether. "They're one big, corrupt family. More.
NSA spying makes is pariah in Americas too. More.
NSA spied on the Pope.
US allies certainly spy on our rulers, but they don't have the capability of NSA. Most if not all of this phony outrage is just jealously and theater for political gain.
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