US ambassador in Germany summoned in Merkel mobile row re NSA's monitoring her calls.
An untrustworthy ally? Chancellor Angela Merkel hails from East Germany that was the GDR until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 just 24 years ago where the Stasi ran the state from its huge bureaucracy staffed by 15,000 on Normannenstrasse for overseas and domestic surveillance. Anna Funder goes on to describe in her book "Stasiland" how the public stormed the Stasi HQ. On page 57 she describes how the German media called the GDR "the most perfected surveillance state of all time."
She writes that the Stasi had 97,000 employees in a country of 17 million and goes on to describe that there was "one Gestapo agent for every 2,000 citizens" in Nazi Germany, and there was "one KGB agent for every 5,830 people" in the USSR. However, the Stasi had 173,000 informers in addition to its employees, and Anna Funder writes that when part time informers were added there were one for each 6.5 citizens in the GDR. Her book describes how this surveillance state controlled the lives and relationships of everyone. The West cannot allow anything like this to ever take a foothold, and Ms Merkel is doing exactly what needs to be done. Everyone else should follow her example. She knows what she is doing. [Facebook]
Frank Gardner commenting on the BBC News Channel said he would be surprised if allies were not spying on each other citing as an example the competition to sell arms thus making economic competition by nations subjected to spying for information in order to gain an advantage. His reporting is descriptive, as I took it, that does not reflect his or the BBC's point of view.
Such an attitude by nation states reflects the acceptance of spying that trickles down into a society where we have seen phone hacking in journalism taken on as acceptable if one could get away with it for competitive reasons. Of course, when the truth about the extent of this spying for gain became known, it turned into a national scandal with the Leveson Inquiry alongside an ongoing police investigation. Currently, there is a struggle taking place with respect to media guidelines as a result.
I hope everyone saw Ambassadors on BBC Two last night for it featured a satire about the diplomatic corps in a fictional country where the UK government was trying to compete against the French for a two billion pound sale of helicopters to this country while a British citizen was in prison facing faked murder charges and possible execution. I'll not say more that would ruin it for anyone who has not seen it yet that is available on the BBC iPlayer at:
Ambassadors: The Rabbit Never Escapes. Human rights cause trouble for a lucrative arms deal between the UK and Tazbekistan. Available until 8:59pm 13th November 2013
What I will say is that in North Kensington the same absurd false allegations have been made against me since 2001 as part of a totally invasive surveillance technology operation involving a vigilante mob surrounding my home who have distributed surveillance technology. These false allegations are intended to incite a violent mob hysterically for an emotional response to generate fear and hatred and keep the surveillance technology in place citing "He has to be monitored." As a result, there is a complete abrogation of human rights and the democratic rule of law reflecting the absence of any acceptable standards. If you can get away with it, then it's acceptable.
Naturally, Frank Gardner was describing the reality of international economic competition where nations have the power to carry out clandestine spying, but that standard exists now in the community as I've experienced directly 24/7/365 since 1998 which has contributed to terrorism, serious and organised crime and failures in government. This is called "reality" by these people here with their surveillance technology. Once the government itself starts down the slippery slope, where does it end?
A characteristic of psychopathy is competition where those engaged in this surveillance technology abuse against me are obsessed with winning or losing. They will do anything to win. The title of this Ambassadors' episode, The Rabbit Never Escapes, could very well apply to a surveillance target when psychopathic behaviour reflecting a competition for arms sales or surveillance technology power over others where those involved will do or say anything to win for their own personal gain which can be seen portrayed in this satire on BBC Two.
