whistleblower thomas drake told the german magazine der spiegel that after nine eleven germany became quote the most important surveillance platform for the n.s.a. abroad and now u.s. mistrusts has also led to german mistrust just last week the german government announced that it was pulling its contract with horizon due to fears that the internet provider was allowing u.s. agencies to spy on the government's communications and just this weekend we learned that despite president obama's assurances that mrs merkel is communications were safe the u.s. was still spying the germans caught a double agent working for the u.s. who was spying on the german government's investigation of the n.s.a. spying that's the that's the u.s. spying on you for investigating the u.s. spying on you oh oh and by the way in case you forgot germany in the u.s. their allies remember the crazies so at the very least spying is bad for american businesses as we can see it arises and at the very worst it could lead to the german government not trusting you you i'm talking to you the u.s. federal reserve with any of