Germany spied on the White House over years: report

And Merkel was upset that we tapped her phone?

only a tree shrub or an ostrich would be shocked at this (or a Democrat sitting in office) It is just one of those dirty little secrets that everyone knows and everyone ignores on the face of it. We of course do watch for it and try to catch them, and they us, but among allies it really is just a Gentleman's game. We focus on trying to catch those who are enemies and keep true secrets under wraps.

The truth be told everyone spies on everyone, we have satellites and everything else watching the rest of the world and they watch us...