Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him.

Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him.
In May 2010, I received a brown envelope. In it was a CD with an encrypted file containing six months of my life. Six months of metadata, stored by my cellphone provider, T-Mobile. This list of metadata contained 35,830 records. That’s 35,830 times my phone company knew if, where and when I was surfing the Web, calling or texting. 

EU concern over Der Spiegel claim of US spying
The head of the European Parliament has demanded “full clarification” from the US over a report that key EU premises in America have been bugged. Martin Schulz said that if this was true, it would have a “severe impact” on ties between the EU and the US.  

Kerry responds to US bugging claims
US Secretary of State John Kerry has responded to allegations that the US bugged the offices of its allies, saying its activities were “not unusual” in international relations. There has been outrage in Europe following claims that the US bugged EU embassies and targeted allies like France, Italy and Greece. A top EU official has warned the affair could put a massive trade pact at risk.

Ordinary Americans Targeted in the Government’s Anti-Terrorism Crosshairs
“The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like me have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to. My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.”

Britain ‘under attack’ in cyberspace
Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government or industry networks..