Germany to beef up counter-espionage against US, Western allies – report

[jakeXT]

Following decades of a heavily subdued program, Germany is planning to resume counter-espionage against both the US and other Western allies in response to ongoing revelations surrounding NSA’s global surveillance practices, Der Spiegel reports.

Another primary motivation for the resumption of surveillance is US reluctance to agree to a no-mutual-spying treaty desired by Germany, the reports suggests.

The beefed up program will include more active tracking of US agents operating within Germany’s borders. British embassies – as well as those of the US – could also be targeted, according to the report.

“This step would be an about-face from the decades-long practice of systematically monitoring the activities of countries such as China, Russia and North Korea but rarely the activities of Western partners,” read Spiegel’s assessment of the situation.
http://rt.com/news/germany-counter-espionage-allies-316/


NSA-Affäre: Regierung plant Einsatz von Spionageabwehr gegen USA
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nsa-affaere-regierung-plant-einsatz-von-spionageabwehr-gegen-usa-a-953734.html

[newfie11]

1. I can't blame them! Nt

[Warpy]

2. Between the excesses of Wall Street and the NSA

I can see the rest of the world finally retaliating against this country.

A trade blockade would have us on our knees within six months.

We don't make essential things like cloth any more. Or shoes. Or medications. Or car parts.

[jakeXT]

3. I wonder what VW, BMW and Daimler, all with plants in the US, would say to such a move

I don't think such a thing is possible in today's globalized economy

[Warpy]

5. Sure it would

They have plants elsewhere and most of what they'd use here is made offshore.

You bet your ass it's possible. Wall Street and the shadow government are making it inevitable.

[bemildred]

4. "See? This is why we can't have nice things, people just won't behave." nt