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US 'bugged Merkel's phone from 2002'

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    #11
    I pity the poor buggers who had to transcribe those calls.

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      #12
      Originally posted by minestrone View Post
      I pity the poor buggers who had to transcribe those calls.


      It was probably a form of internal punishment.

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        #13
        Which was 3 years before she became chancellor, what were they afraid of? Amerikkka, the new stasi/gestapo/SAVAK/PIDE/whatever...
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #14
          Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
          Which was 3 years before she became chancellor, what were they afraid of?
          They wanted to know her views in advance since she had chance to become head of state.

          There isn't much about NSA success in listening into Chinese, Russian leaders - I get this feeling that allies were just soft target that could get somebody easy promotion/bonus.

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