>One of the biggest beefs I have with Europeans who take issue at NSA spying on the EU is the misconception they have that their own spy agencies aren't doing the same thing to everyone else: us, Russia, China, and other states in the EU.
I've never heard of a fellow European claiming this, but I also think that discussions of such issues should be based on evidence rather than speculation and general paranoia.
NSA and GHCQ were unlucky, because such evidence emerged. So they can rightly be criticized on the basis of published evidence about their spy programs.
Speculating about what intelligence agencies do without any evidence and knowledge at all, on the other hand, is quite pointless.
I've never heard of a fellow European claiming this, but I also think that discussions of such issues should be based on evidence rather than speculation and general paranoia.
NSA and GHCQ were unlucky, because such evidence emerged. So they can rightly be criticized on the basis of published evidence about their spy programs.
Speculating about what intelligence agencies do without any evidence and knowledge at all, on the other hand, is quite pointless.