BBC over reaction

[MsDG]

Obama 'not told of Merkel bugging' Breaking news

The chief of the US spy agency NSA has not discussed the alleged bugging of German chancellor's phone with President Barack Obama, officials say.

Gen Keith Alexander never discussed alleged operations involving Chancellor Angela Merkel, an NSA spokeswoman said.

German media say the US has been tapping the chancellor's phone since 2002, and Mr Obama was told in 2010.

The row has led to the worst diplomatic crisis between the two countries in living memory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24698142


Now, I am no expert on modern history but I suspect that if the BBC had a quick word with Murray Walker, he could recount a time (when he was driving his little Sherman Tank in the Battle of the Reichswald) when the diplomatic relations were deemed ever so slightly worse than they are now?