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The fresh issue of the "Spigel", one of the best German publications, is dedicated to the fate of the American defector. A boy with pursed lips is shown on the cover with the signature "Shelter for Snowden!" A quote from his manifesto published in the magazine is also made to the cover: "He who tells the truth does not commit crimes."

Do not argue.

And in the “spy” and in numerous other newspapers and magazines, statements of politicians, writers, observers, actors, athletes, and the overwhelming majority are expressed in the same spirit as the population of Germany, according to surveys. The TV presenter Oliver Velke even offers Snowden to award the highest award of Germany - the Cross "For Merit", and the singer and musician Otto Lindenberg, also known as performances in defense of Pussy Riot, is ready today to book the ATLANTIC hotel for Snowden. The line is brought by Axel Shefer, deputy head of the Social Democrats faction in the Bundestag: "He is not a traitor, he is a hero."

In part, all this resembles the letters of our intelligentsia in defense, for example, Khodorkovsky or Prisoners of Bolotnaya. With that, however, the fundamental difference is that the signatories of Russian appeals understood that the addressee would not hear them, and simply expressed their civilian anger and despair. In modern Germany, everything is exactly the opposite: the publication in the “Spiel” is a powerful means of influencing the government, and if Angel Merkel does not listen to public opinion, he will soon feel uncomfortable.

And this is not the completion of the scandal with the fan -standing truth. Not even climax. This is a scandal in dynamics, and its most acute phase can occur if Snowden arrives in Germany and receives refuge. Then a position will arise, which in chess is described by the German word "tsugtswang". That is, any trouble will turn into troubles, practically forced political move.

Obama will be obliged to demand the issuance of a "dissident". Merkel, appealing to the law and public opinion, will be forced to reject these requirements. As a result, US relations with their most important European ally may cool for many years, in full accordance with the script developed in Moscow. At the same time, formally, Russia will be away from all future showdowns, and sharply conflict with each other, dancing under the Kremlin pipe, America and Germany will already be on their own.

The amazing situation is generally formed. The young IT -school, brought up on American values, rebelled against his “office” (suddenly! - as it is customary to write on these Internet), he wished, obviously after Obama, to improve the image of his country - and immediately, freely or involuntarily, began to work for a state that poisoned such snowfields. And it is impossible to polemize with him, insisting on the same values. And after the information about the furry rations of the CIA surfaced in the mobile phone of the Frau Chancelline itself, the plot rolled the plot on the heads of Western politicians, and now Snowden from Moscow announces the Germans that the truth would save the world. From the cover of the “spigel”, one of the main suppliers of information from the defector, and almost all German society in a single impulse requires the hero and provide him with asylum.

Of course, the commentators directly choke on the Russian guestelekanals and in other relevant media outlets, but it’s not uninteresting to write about it. It is much more interesting to try to guess how Western leaders will overcome the crisis. Suppose an angel Merkel, who hardly lost his dream, learning that her SS are read in the Washington regional committee, may refer to the fact that she has not yet formed a government, and postpone the decision of Snowden's fate for later. When passions are slightly fed. Obama reflects on how to use a scandal to reboot relations with Germany, and the future agreement , which will eliminate the possibility of mutual espionage, may turn out to be a step in the right direction. Regardless of where tomorrow there will be a talkative truth -lover.

After all, after all, in the end, it is very significant: the problem of trust between the allies. It is its external side when the public is indignant and magazines come out with eloquent covers, since it is always easier to agree on the level of special services, due to the specifics of the work. However, scouts also have something to think about. Armed with the latest means of espionage, they seem to have not yet understood that they live in the 21st century, when all their secrets can be carried away on four laptops, if not in one flash drive.

The first bell for the West sounded when the WikiLeaks case began, but was not properly heard. Snowden's departure is accompanied by even more serious political consequences, and here it is already impossible to pretend to be deaf. So it is possible that this scandal will serve as a signal to the refusal of special services within NATO from excessive functions and unnecessary knowledge, in which there is a lot of sadness. For what citizens of America and Europe will tell Snowden a lot of human thanks.

We are talking, of course, about Western special services. From Russia, China and other countries where the true, controlled democracy triumphs, such miracles should not be expected, and no one expects. And if tomorrow with his secrets, some Russian agent escapes to the west, as it happened more than once, and the public finds out that Putin was also interested in the telephone to Frau Chancelline, this does not shock and not excites anyone in the West. This story will not pull on the cover in the “spigel”, except perhaps to the column that will fly at the last moment, because there is news more amicable. It’s good to be Putin! This is also called a reputation, and those who are elected in an honest election and are forced to reckon with public opinion, must sometimes secretly envy him.