Our surveillance scheme lowered Germans' trust in the US by 16 percentage points.

[JDPriestly]

Only 49 percent of survey respondents saw the US as a trustworthy partner, down from 65 percent before the spy claims and the lowest level since George W. Bush was president, the survey said.

The phone poll of 1,005 random respondents was conducted by ARD public television between July 1st and 3rd.

More than two thirds of those polled feared that their government would be unable to protect th against the alleged mass email, web, and phone record snooping by US intelligence services.

. . . .

More than half of respondents said secret service surveillance was necessary to prevent terrorist attacks. But 61 percent said they were surprised at the reported scale of the US and UK spy programmes.


http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130705-50701.html

This program is hurting us internationally.

[temmer]

1. If the US government fails to draw consequences

the ratings will go down further.

[JDPriestly]

6. Merkel faces a September election. We shall see whether this affects the outcome.

[burnodo]

2. Didn't they know everybody already knew about it?

[temmer]

5. the German intelligence agencies knew about it

the people didn't. That's why the German intelligence is in BIG TROUBLE at the moment.

[polichick]

3. Yep, the emperor's pimply ass is hanging out...

for the whole world to see.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Ingrates! They fail to understand that we're spying on them for their own good..sorta'..kinda'..

Kinda like raping for chastity.

[Laelth]

7. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth