In 2013, Edward Snowden exposed the PRISM program that the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on a number of foreign leaders, including then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The scandal prompted Merkel to remark, “Spying among friends, that’s just not done.”Yet the incident ended with little resolution. In 2015, German prosecutors quietly dropped their investigation into the alleged tapping of Merkel’s phone, citing insufficient evidence and a lack of cooperation from the United States, which appeared unfazed by the backlash.WikiLeaks’ 2015 disclosures that the NSA had monitored three previous French presidents provoked protests in France, but critics argued the outrage from French leaders was largely performative, driven by concerns over jeopardizing strategic cooperation with the United States.From PRISM to the Equation Group and ECHELON, to the 24/7 surveillance of cellphones and computers around the globe, the sheer scale of U.S. espionage underscores a reality Edward Snowden once warned of. Quoted by The Critic, he said the Five Eyes alliance had “inflicted upon the world a system of secret, pervasive surveillance from which there is no refuge.”
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