Spies and politics: Cloaks off
The Economist 02/11/13
▻http://www.economist.com/news/international/21588890-foreign-alarm-about-american-spying-mounting-sound-and-fury-do-n
Where will things go from here? Europeans may want new rules drawn up with the Americans, but they will not press their case too hard for fear of undermining intelligence co-operation that they depend on. Germany may be offered a special deal because it, unlike France, does not have a record of conducting direct offensive operations against America.
Home-grown constraints on America’s spying are another question. Two complementary bipartisan bills aimed at reducing the “trust deficit” created by the #Snowden revelations and placing limits on the bulk collection of American citizens’ metadata were introduced to Congress this week.