Merkel’s American Minders
The Obama administration has yet to comprehend the scale and severity of the damage that revelations of US surveillance against friendly governments have caused to America’s credibility among its European allies. Making matters worse is Obama’s personal aloofness from other heads of state.
BERLIN – Germans used to joke that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s penchant for communicating via fleeting text messages effectively marked the end of traditional historiography. Well, at least American spy agencies seem to have kept full track of the behind-the-scenes communications – in Berlin and beyond.