Comment Re:American Exceptionalism (Score 1) 573
The US government's job is to know what other governments are doing, therefore it has the power to spy on them. They, in turn, have the power to spy on it. We can argue the ethics of tapping Angie Merkel's phone all day, but you can't argue that there is a single law which gives a Head of Government the right not to be spied on.
Only during times of war. And the US has not legally declared war since WW2. You're making the argument that if everyone does it, it's not illegal.
And for those of you who are too lazy to use Google, here's some of the laws I'm talking about.