Dude, if we say we're not going to spy on Germany then everybody else will want us to stop spying on them too!

U.S. and Germany Fail to Reach a Deal on Spying - NYTimes.com

"Ms. Rice, according to American officials, said that the United States did not have no-spy agreements with any of its close allies, even with the other members of the so-called Five Eyes — the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — which share virtually all of their intelligence. She said any such agreement with Germany would set a precedent that every other major European ally, along with the Japanese, the South Koreans and others, would soon demand to replicate."

Really. I say we should spy on whomever we damn well please (that’s what spying’s about, isn’t it?). Going with some convoluted rationale like this is just dopey.