Quote Originally Posted by earthJoker View Post
It wouldn't be the first time winning an election was more important than the US relations. Why would you risk power if you're relation to the US are worth shit anyway. That's the main problem the US has at the moment, the "with us" option is getting less lucrative every day while the alternatives are getting more interesting.
Especially if 'with us' still means you're treated as if you are an enemy. Which is the way US spying on the EU in general and Germany in particular is viewed. It wouldn't surprise me if Germany pushes through with criminal investigations into people who facilitated the NSA.

And one has to ask, which justification does the US government think can make it acceptable that they bugged EU missions?