@BillRM,
BillRM wrote:Given that the US government had admitted to spying on the German head of state why the hell would Germany give a **** if when finding out the extend of the spying it does not go over well with the US or not?
Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany and as such the head of the German government.
The head of state in Germany is the president, Gauck. It isn't known that he had been spied on.
However (quotes from July last year, from an interview in the
Passauer Neueste Nachrichten):
"To be honest with you, I've also thought about whether I can still talk on the phone or send an email openly at all," said Gauck, adding, "The fear that our telephone calls or emails will be intercepted and stored by foreign secret services limits our feeling of being free."
And: "Whoever brings [information] to the public and acts on grounds of conscience deserves respect," said Gauck.