Honnestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both knew about it. They just have to appear to care and to do something about it ("hey Obama, this isn't cool, stop spying on us") because if they didn't, the opposition would us that against them and the general public would be disapointed (to say the least). Why would they let themselves being spied on ? I honnestly have no idea, maybe it's a way to share confidential communications between [ally country] president and [not ally country] president with other allies without having to break the confidential communication between [ally country] and [not ally country]. Again, I have not thought about this at all, that's just a reason that came up to mind. Maybe it's not even a practical reason. Maybe Hollande/Merkel didn't know they were being spied on by the NSA. All I'm saying is that I wouldn't be surprised if they both knew, and yelled a bit at the US now that the world knows they were being spied on, et voila.
Interestingly however, until very recently (last year) and maybe still as of today, a lot of high profile French poloticians (ministers for eg) use(d) their private smartphones for (some) government communication. This, this is so absurd.
* Honnestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both knew about it.*
Surprised? Of course they knew about it. This has been happening ever since the end of world war II (even before, but the means weren't as advanced then).
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It's only a loud buzz. Holande will do nothing about it, just like Merkel.
Honnestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both knew about it. They just have to appear to care and to do something about it ("hey Obama, this isn't cool, stop spying on us") because if they didn't, the opposition would us that against them and the general public would be disapointed (to say the least). Why would they let themselves being spied on ? I honnestly have no idea, maybe it's a way to share confidential communications between [ally country] president and [not ally country] president with other allies without having to break the confidential communication between [ally country] and [not ally country]. Again, I have not thought about this at all, that's just a reason that came up to mind. Maybe it's not even a practical reason. Maybe Hollande/Merkel didn't know they were being spied on by the NSA. All I'm saying is that I wouldn't be surprised if they both knew, and yelled a bit at the US now that the world knows they were being spied on, et voila.
Interestingly however, until very recently (last year) and maybe still as of today, a lot of high profile French poloticians (ministers for eg) use(d) their private smartphones for (some) government communication. This, this is so absurd.
Surprised? Of course they knew about it. This has been happening ever since the end of world war II (even before, but the means weren't as advanced then).