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The US government knows that our European allies spy on us all the time. That's been known since the founding of the nation.

They don't make a stink about it because you don't rock the boat when you don't need to. Advise those with sensitive information of how to proceed and move on.

Think about why French intelligence would give this to the press, rather than obviate it either technologically or diplomatically.



Care to share you hypothesis maybe?


As a way to pressure their own govt for more funding.




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