Dear Josh Marshall: Please explain which allied countries are spying on which "US Leaders" [View all]

[Shampoyeto]

Being an Obama loyalist is ok, but making stuff up without even giving a hint as to what evidence backs up a claim is bad journalism.

"Churning through countless domestic phone calls is one thing - that has very real constitutional implications. It may be a similar thing with doing that in Spain or other countries in Europe and the Middle East, though the constitutional questions are very different. But please, please spare me the shock and surprise that the US spies on foreign leaders, even allies, even close allies. These countries spy on our leaders too. The only real exception is within the special club of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand where, for a variety of historical reasons, a pretty different set of rules and integration apply."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ok-please-enough

By the way, Marshall had "enough" since day 1 of Snowden's leaks. His headline makes it seem as he now suddenly stopped considering NSA leaks shocking. He never did.

The USA is spying on entire cabinets including Presidents. Are other countries doing the same to us? No "I bet" or "I guess" or "you can't prove they aren't". Those don't count as journalism.