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muriel_volestrangler

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21. The French media. The German media.

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 07:24 PM

Oct 2013

"NSA swept millions of French Phone Records - Le Monde"

German Chancellor Angela Merkel phoned United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday to discuss suspicions that she may have been targeted by US intelligence agencies for years, SPIEGEL has learned.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/merkel-calls-obama-over-suspicions-us-tapped-her-mobile-phone-a-929642.html

Of course, if your fantasies are that Le Monde and Der Spiegel are timing their news stories to help support the Republican party, there's probably nothing we can do to snap you out of it.

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Interesting how these NSA stories are breaking while Kerry is in Europe and GOP numbers are tanking [View all] Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 OP

Suspicious indeed. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #1

Yup Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #4

Hammer: Meet nail RobertEarl Oct 2013 #2

The media's goal is to try and make everything an Obama scandal Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #6

This is no faux RobertEarl Oct 2013 #7

Of course spying is happening Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #8

oh my word. so no spying stories should ever be reported cali Oct 2013 #12

I never said no spying stories should ever be reported. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #16

Just this one? AgingAmerican Oct 2013 #45

The fact that every top news story isn't about how completely JaneyVee Oct 2013 #3

Exactly Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #5

right. because there's no other news in the world at all. cali Oct 2013 #10

Plenty of time for that. After the top story. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #25

one of the silliest, dumbest conspiracy theories evah. cali Oct 2013 #9

Not Merkel... Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #11

insane. cali Oct 2013 #15

I know. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #18

Stop bad-mouthing the Libertarian Way! randome Oct 2013 #13

Libertarians want to preserve our freedo...wait, Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #32

The Presidents of France and Germany are colluding with Ted Cruz, the teabaggers and the MSM cali Oct 2013 #14

The leaders of France and Germany didn't release these stories. The media did. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #17

right. because the media shouldn't report the FUCKING NEWS cali Oct 2013 #19

I never said the media shouldn't report news. n/t Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #20

Just THIS news! AgingAmerican Oct 2013 #46

The French media. The German media. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #23

Do you have any evidence that they delayed release of these stories? JVS Oct 2013 #55

bu$h moles... spanone Oct 2013 #22

You forgot the sarcasm tag. cui bono Oct 2013 #24

Doesn't quite rise to the level of theory Fumesucker Oct 2013 #26

Do you think it's coincidence... Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #27

If the White House had denied ever spying on Merkel, then I would buy your conspiracy theory Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #28

I suspect there's more evidence that the Feds were involved with the nationwide OWS beatdown Fumesucker Oct 2013 #29

Did the White House deny having spied on Merkel? nt Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #30

The White House fully denied it. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #38

No, they did not deny having spied on Merkel Shampoyeto Oct 2013 #49

They denied being aware of it. JVS Oct 2013 #56

QUICK!!!----LOOK OVER THERE!!!! madrchsod Oct 2013 #31

Things that make you go hmmmmm treestar Oct 2013 #33

Since the re-election the repugs have deployed . . . brush Oct 2013 #34

Really. So you think the NSA is some fake scandal that the GOP dreamed up? cui bono Oct 2013 #35

I think the NSA is a scandal/time bomb that was left by the Bush Administration to blow up now Hekate Oct 2013 #36

Well, Obama could have stopped it but instead he expanded it and pushed to make what was illegal cui bono Oct 2013 #37

Maybe he wants to use what little political capital he has for more pressing issues. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #39

What? He pushed for expanding and legalizing the illegal wiretapping. cui bono Oct 2013 #41

What illegal wiretapping are you talking about? randome Oct 2013 #50

The warrantless illegal wiretapping that Bush did. n/t cui bono Oct 2013 #54

Jaysus AgingAmerican Oct 2013 #47

NSA is real brush Oct 2013 #43

Glad to hear you say that. n/t cui bono Oct 2013 #44

I think it has more to do with Snowden than the Repubs. Snowden has been doing this all along. If okaawhatever Oct 2013 #40

How has he hurt the US and what proof do you have of his motives? n/t cui bono Oct 2013 #42

Standard media operations really... Lancero Oct 2013 #48

I think you or perhaps the press.. sendero Oct 2013 #51

You can post the most ridiculous conspiracy theories in GD... Democracyinkind Oct 2013 #52

I think that the NSA revelations have been well-timed. Laelth Oct 2013 #53

Indeed. n/t Scurrilous Oct 2013 #57