[Cryptography] German investigation says the NSA probably didn't tap Merkel's phone after all

[John Denker]

Long, thoughtful article by Max Fisher:
  http://www.vox.com/2014/12/12/7381539/merkel-phone-tapped-nsa

> When the story first broke in October 2013, President Obama
> personally called Merkel to tell her it wasn't true. It was widely
> assumed that Obama was lying; it now appears, based on Germany's own
> investigation, that he may have been telling the truth.

> In some ways, it won't matter .....