The German-American friendship no longer exists. It may still remain between citizens of both countries, but not between their governments. Perhaps it has always been an illusion, perhaps the United States pulled away over the course of time. But what binds these two nations today cannot be considered friendship. Openness and fairness are part of the essence of friendship, which is about mutual respect and trust. A quarter century after the United States helped the German people restore their national unity, little remains of this friendship.
As new documents from WikiLeaks and reporting by SPIEGEL show, the NSA has been systematically spying on much of the German government. America’s spies not only listened in on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s private conversations about sensitive political issues. The NSA also bugged ministries, ministerial offices and other government agencies. Not even journalism is sacred to the Americans — at least not in Germany. American spies monitored at least one SPIEGEL colleague in Berlin — spies who represent a country that considers itself a guarantor of freedom of the press, one of the cornerstones of a liberal democracy.
Today we know: The friendly smile worn by Angela Merkel’s hosts in Washington all these years has been insincere at best.
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