through the looking-glass II

The reconnaissance regarding the depth of US spying on friend and foe and the ties that bind has accelerated to such a pitch that it is becoming difficult to keep up.
To advance at such a clip is worrying to me, as rather than addressing known issues first, plaintiffs are becoming magnanimous. Bringing surprise and outrage over cadet affiliates' actions, delegations outremer for damage-control, and testimony in the form of a private audience to stir more strife, though perhaps bidden and needed, before putting a halt to current activities and assuaging public fears seems to me like simple envy—for all parties, and maybe a gracious way to bow-out. Rather than curtailing communication and cooperation, it seems to me that Germany has aspirations for inclusion as a member of the exclusive Five-Eyes Club, treated with the same respect as the anglophone snitching-network and with the same dues—already paid. Europe as a whole would never be accorded the same courtesy. It remains to be seen how sore Germany is over surveillance in general and what to what degree the outrage touches attempts to divine or second-guess her economic leadership.