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Umm, so this is a concrete breach of international law. When do we see US officials being arrested and tried?

Oh that's right, they don't believe in the rule of law (which is why they've exempted themselves and their entire military from the ICC.)

This makes me furious for the same reason as when criminals are given lenient sentences. I don't understand why it doesn't for other people.

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"Umm, so this is a concrete breach of international law. When do we see US officials being arrested and tried?"

For the same reason James Clapper is not being prosecuted for perjury, obstruction of Congress, and making false statements -- all of which are illegal under US law (which carries far more weight in this country).

Spying on other countries is against international law? Since when? That's what countries, all countries, do.

It doesn't say spying on other countries is against international law, it says spying on the UN is. The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations[1] says "UN premises shall be inviolable, and UN property shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation etc."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Privileges_a...

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