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riderinthestorm

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21. Yup. Our intelligence agencies are about financial and industrial espionage

Reply to Aerows (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 06:44 PM

Jul 2014

The terrorism bit and state security stuff provides convenient cover.

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Why are we spying on Germany? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 OP

I suspect we spy on alsame Jul 2014 #1

Yes and no. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #12

Absolutely. I'm not defending alsame Jul 2014 #15

we can librechik Jul 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #3

Which program was that? Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #9

Perhaps the poster is referring to our spying on East Germany before it was absorbed amandabeech Jul 2014 #37

About Angela Merkel and her family ... Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #41

Everyone spies on everyone BainsBane Jul 2014 #4

That is where 8 of the 911 hijackers came from -- Hamburg KurtNYC Jul 2014 #5

Not exactly. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #8

The Germans spy also and sometimes they get caught also. We sure cannot believe Putin when Thinkingabout Jul 2014 #26

Everyone spies on everyone, all the time. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #6

EXACTLY...talk about phony outrage KinMd Jul 2014 #43

Industrial and financial espionage Aerows Jul 2014 #7

Yup. Our intelligence agencies are about financial and industrial espionage riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #21

I disagree. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #22

Even the NSA admits they aren't about terrorism riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #25

To overcome the strudel gap. rug Jul 2014 #10

Heh heh. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #14

MMMM! Strudel! BillZBubb Jul 2014 #27

Spying makes the world go around! Everyone does it, the US just gets caught RKP5637 Jul 2014 #11

Because it would be unfair to give Germany special treatment. Rex Jul 2014 #13

That's the answer that probably makes the most sense! nt BillZBubb Jul 2014 #28

The way of the world. Rex Jul 2014 #38

To learn how they got so good at soccer n/t phylny Jul 2014 #16

"We do what we must, because we can." Maedhros Jul 2014 #17

That's almost always a bad answer! nt BillZBubb Jul 2014 #30

It's easier when you understand why countries spy on each other. stevenleser Jul 2014 #18

The intelligence community does more than just spy. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #19

For our European allies, just about everything you listed BillZBubb Jul 2014 #29

You're being naive. Which of those 10 items would they freely answer ? Throd Jul 2014 #32

Exactly. They wouldn't freely and truthfully answer any of them stevenleser Jul 2014 #35

Hardly... stevenleser Jul 2014 #34

Easy. KamaAina Jul 2014 #20

To find out if they have any plans for WWIII? treestar Jul 2014 #23

I know nothing! Separation Jul 2014 #24

Spy's are generally bad Peregrine Jul 2014 #31

Hoping to get personal dirt on someone to use as blackmail no_hypocrisy Jul 2014 #33

Because we don't want them to sneak another Pearl Harbor on us. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #36

Because freedom. Because Hitler. Because we can. n/t eridani Jul 2014 #39

cell phones are not private... the NSA listens to lots of radio signals. quadrature Jul 2014 #40

For soccer tips bigwillq Jul 2014 #42

But their superiority in soccer is easily explained. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #44