PRISM -- NSA Monitoring Web Services We All Use?

[Loki]

If the information gathered is illegal, yes. What the NSA did is illegal in most European countries and outright unconstitutional in Germany. Actually the NSA would have a very hard stance not being treated as illegal foreign organisation on courts if any of the leaked information is true.

None of which is relevant. What matters is whether the activities were illegal in the US. Even then, Fuzzy has pointed out that there are mechanisms for exposing this information.

Incidentally, wasn't Switzerland up in terms when some guy sold information about illegal Swiss banking to Germany?

[earthJoker]

Incidentally, wasn't Switzerland up in terms when some guy sold information about illegal Swiss banking to Germany?

Yes, and the consequences where about the same as I expect for Snowden. None. Germany didn't even reacted to the Swiss inquiry to get the guy cough who sold the information.

It is funny that you point out that example, as it shows very well that one country (Germany) doesn't care at all if the information of another country (Switzerland) is leaked.