When both allies were spying on each other, then sure, you can go "hehe look at us sillies xD".
But when it's just one party doing the spying, it violates trust, not builds it, as the US has learned.
It's hard to measure how much the Snowden revelations have contributed to the distancing of US allies, since there was also someone else who contributed greatly to the ongoing political isolation of the US, but it certainly didn't help build trust.
But when it's just one party doing the spying, it violates trust, not builds it, as the US has learned.
It's hard to measure how much the Snowden revelations have contributed to the distancing of US allies, since there was also someone else who contributed greatly to the ongoing political isolation of the US, but it certainly didn't help build trust.