Google’s Schmidt to Soothe Rattled Germans in Berlin Talks
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Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt recalls how during a meeting with Angela Merkel in June, the German Chancellor pulled out her phone and asked him what U.S. spies were doing listening to her calls with her mother.
“That’s how personal this felt,” Schmidt said during a panel with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden last week. “We’re dealing with emotion and history and things well beyond our intent.”