Merkel Bugged

Does anyone remember what a party line was? You shared your telephone line with a group and sometimes, when you lifted the receiver, you broke into someone else's call. This has nothing to do with modern bugging. According to Der Spiegel magazine, the US has been bugging German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone since 2002 and it was still on a surveillance list in 2013 (CLICK). She must think living under the Americans is as bad as living under the commies in East Germany!