the germans are kept at an arm's length by the anglo-american security establishment (the five eyes, and some old colonial outposts like india) precisely because that trust was never really established.

we forget that it was barely two generations ago that we fought two vicious wars with germany that ended in an ongoing occupation of the country.

we don't share anything with them. it's a plausible hypothesis.

back when echelon went public in the 90s, what we learned was that the main target was german industry. like, still. it was as though wwII never ended.

never forget that the germans are more like a conquered nation than an ally. they won't...