Germany Spied on Journalists

Ach du lieber!

From CNN.com:

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government admitted on Monday that the foreign intelligence agency had spied on German journalists and said it had ordered it to stop.

Government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said the surveillance by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) appeared to be "isolated past cases" and in future "such operative measures against journalists ... are not to be repeated."

He said the BND had been asked for a report on the issue this week and the government would then consider what "personnel consequences" should be drawn, an indication that heads could roll.

The affair has dealt a new and damaging blow to the BND, responsible for gathering intelligence abroad.

Well, it appears that German national security secrets are being exposed and members of parliament are looking for heads to roll.

Of course, I can't help but compare the German circumstances to the somewhat similar situation in the U.S. In Germany, the government spied on journalists and legislators want government heads to roll. In the U.S., the government spied on terrorists and legislators want government heads to roll.

Odd, don't you think?