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by that same logic American companies should not purchase SAP or Siemens kit then either, no? Allow me to cite that most pro-Snowden of papers, The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/04/german-...

With the difference that there is no law in Germany that forces companies to introduce backdoors into their products.

That's not a difference; there is no law forcing American companies to introduce backdoors in theirs.