Snowdon is a dummy

"Expressions?" LMAO Come off it, Frank. You're a know it all who repeats ad nauseam what you think are the only opinion with value.

You belittle people in so many ways, I've lost count. Too bad you're blind to your own attacks against other posters.

and they may be correct.

You,

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and they may be correct.

LMAO

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Frank Apisa wrote:
Any laws that say "It is illegal to spy on me"...is RIGHTLY going to be laughed at.

Frank, Spy agencies are gonna spy. Get over it. Me: Why should we “get over it?” It's against the law. Just because you don't care, most Americans do care.

Frank, I see here (and in many other places) the assertion that Snowden is being charged with espionage. Me: It's not an 'assertion.” NBC News: “US charges NSA leaker Snowden with espionage”

Frank, Could it be that some of the people making these decisions are simply wiser and more realistic than some of the people maintaining "personal privacy at any cost?" Frank, Walter...I love ya. But you have got to wake up and smell the roses. Me: Condensending, insulting, b.s.

Frank, I think anyone who does not like America...can go on not liking America.
I think anyone who loathes America...can go on loathing America.
For the people who are concerned about the damage America is doing to America's reputation...
...give it a rest. Me: Why don't you give it a rest?

On Friday, the German Foreign Ministry called on US Ambassador John Emerson to cooperate with the investigation into allegations that a double agent had spied on the Bundestag for Washington.
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The suspect was a midlevel agent with the foreign intelligence agency, known by its German initialism, BND. He had been active as a double for two years, according to the daily Bild newspaper, citing security sources.

Bild reported that the agent sold 218 sensitive documents to an unspecified US intelligence agency for 25,000 euros ($33,000). At least three of the documents were from the parliamentary committee investigating the National Security Agency's surveillance operations in Germany. He reportedly obtained his orders directly from the the US embassy.
[...]
The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have requested a special meeting of the parliamentary committee that oversees Germany's intelligence agencies. They called on the government to explain how it plans to secure the BND from security breaches.
The SPD is the junior member of Merkel's coalition government.
"It would be an unheard of attack on the freedom of parliament and our democratic institutions in general," said Thomas Oppermann, the SPD's parliamentary chief. "The US now has an obligation to clarify what happened."
[...]
Last May, the German parliament established a committee to investigate the extent of NSA operations in Germany. The country's security agencies have long been concerned that foreign intellignece agencies would try to spy on the committee.

Committe chairman Patrick Sensburg told Reuters news agency that all members communicate with each other using secure cell phones and have safes in their offices to store sensitive documents.

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Frankie quotes.

Frank Apisa wrote:
Any laws that say "It is illegal to spy on me"...is RIGHTLY going to be laughed at.

Frank, Spy agencies are gonna spy. Get over it. Me: Why should we “get over it?” It's against the law. Just because you don't care, most Americans do care.

Frank, I see here (and in many other places) the assertion that Snowden is being charged with espionage. Me: It's not an 'assertion.” NBC News: “US charges NSA leaker Snowden with espionage”

Frank, Could it be that some of the people making these decisions are simply wiser and more realistic than some of the people maintaining "personal privacy at any cost?" Frank, Walter...I love ya. But you have got to wake up and smell the roses. Me: Condensending, insulting, b.s.

Frank, I think anyone who does not like America...can go on not liking America.
I think anyone who loathes America...can go on loathing America.
For the people who are concerned about the damage America is doing to America's reputation...
...give it a rest. Me: Why don't you give it a rest?

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On Friday, the German Foreign Ministry called on US Ambassador John Emerson to cooperate with the investigation into allegations that a double agent had spied on the Bundestag for Washington.
[...]
The suspect was a midlevel agent with the foreign intelligence agency, known by its German initialism, BND. He had been active as a double for two years, according to the daily Bild newspaper, citing security sources.

Bild reported that the agent sold 218 sensitive documents to an unspecified US intelligence agency for 25,000 euros ($33,000). At least three of the documents were from the parliamentary committee investigating the National Security Agency's surveillance operations in Germany. He reportedly obtained his orders directly from the the US embassy.
[...]
The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have requested a special meeting of the parliamentary committee that oversees Germany's intelligence agencies. They called on the government to explain how it plans to secure the BND from security breaches.
The SPD is the junior member of Merkel's coalition government.
"It would be an unheard of attack on the freedom of parliament and our democratic institutions in general," said Thomas Oppermann, the SPD's parliamentary chief. "The US now has an obligation to clarify what happened."
[...]
Last May, the German parliament established a committee to investigate the extent of NSA operations in Germany. The country's security agencies have long been concerned that foreign intellignece agencies would try to spy on the committee.

Committe chairman Patrick Sensburg told Reuters news agency that all members communicate with each other using secure cell phones and have safes in their offices to store sensitive documents.

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What is your point?

Sounds to me like this source is saying, "We have leaks in our intelligence agencies...and in our government...and the United States has an obligation to help us clear it up."

Frank Apisa wrote:

What is your point?

Giving a news-update, which I hadn't to translate from German to English myself.

Frank Apisa wrote:

Sounds to me like this source is saying, "We have leaks in our intelligence agencies...and in our government...and the United States has an obligation to help us clear it up."

Might be so ... that it sounds like that to you.

Which is quite understandable, since you ask everyone to bring Snowden back after it was discovered that he had stolen a couple of secret documents.

Opposite to that, our counter-espionage agency knew about this double-agent for some time. And they waited just as long as it was necessary to identify the ordering agency and nation.

But carry on with your own interpretations!

Do you interpret it differently?

"Ordering agency???"

I read it in an English version on line.

Committe chairman Patrick Sensburg told Reuters news agency that all members communicate with each other using secure cell phones and have safes in their offices to store sensitive documents.

Frank Apisa wrote:

Do you interpret it differently?

Since I read the German websites as well as listen to/watch the various radio and tv reports and news: yes.

He reportedly obtained his orders directly from the the US embassy.

Frank Apisa wrote:

"Ordering agency???"

That's indeed not sure - you have several in the USA, and quite a few might have residence in the USA's Berlin embassy.

Frank Apisa wrote:

I read it in an English version on line.

Fine. That's why I posted it.

I do not know what an "ordering agency" is.

I'd appreciate you informing me, Walter.