I would not expect to see a shrug and a "owell, thats what spying is for, right?".
The French secret service is infamous for its espionage. They have even been accused of bugging hotel rooms and airline flights to gain classified US information.
And until Snowden, the collective reaction was indeed "meh." Well, Germany did call France the 'evil empire' of industrial espionage, but nobody cared. Apparently the US only ever confidentially complained when it became too overt.
So France screaming about US spying is rather like the pot calling the kettle black. It's done for political reasons, not because the French government really believes it's wrong.
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The French secret service is infamous for its espionage. They have even been accused of bugging hotel rooms and airline flights to gain classified US information.
http://articles.philly.com/1992-10-24/news/25999062_1_aerosp... http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/14/news/14iht-spy_.html
And until Snowden, the collective reaction was indeed "meh." Well, Germany did call France the 'evil empire' of industrial espionage, but nobody cared. Apparently the US only ever confidentially complained when it became too overt.
So France screaming about US spying is rather like the pot calling the kettle black. It's done for political reasons, not because the French government really believes it's wrong.
The French government may well believe it's wrong when it's done to them...
Your articles are 25 years old though.
Yes. Do you have any reason to think things have changed?
This is a game that's been played by every nation against every nation for six thousand years.