1. America has figured out how to listen to Merkel's phone calls.
2. Merkel finds out we listen to her phone calls.
3. Merkel stop using her phone for communications.
4. America bugs Merkel's house.
Or
1. US listens in on embassy.
2. Embassy finds out US is listening.
3. Embassy searches for and finds the bug.
4. US plants a new bug.
No one was shocked about the US spying except the most willfully naive. Any party capable of consistently detecting and thwarting US attempts at spying was doing so already and any party not capable of doing so is still not. It's not as if after the Snowden leaks the rest of the world suddenly realized the US engages in espionage. I'm sure that the US lost the ability to use a few bugs/taps/whatever. I'm also sure they had more and have planted more.
The core thrust of your argument is that awareness of the US successfully spying is sufficient to allow those being spied on to block future spying. I don't buy it because if they had the capability, those being spied on would have already blocked the previous spying.
2. Merkel finds out we listen to her phone calls.
3. Merkel stop using her phone for communications.
4. America bugs Merkel's house.
Or
1. US listens in on embassy.
2. Embassy finds out US is listening.
3. Embassy searches for and finds the bug.
4. US plants a new bug.
No one was shocked about the US spying except the most willfully naive. Any party capable of consistently detecting and thwarting US attempts at spying was doing so already and any party not capable of doing so is still not. It's not as if after the Snowden leaks the rest of the world suddenly realized the US engages in espionage. I'm sure that the US lost the ability to use a few bugs/taps/whatever. I'm also sure they had more and have planted more.
The core thrust of your argument is that awareness of the US successfully spying is sufficient to allow those being spied on to block future spying. I don't buy it because if they had the capability, those being spied on would have already blocked the previous spying.