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Shocked, or truly shocked?
As anyone who follows these things knows, nations with the technical means routinely spy on their allies as well as their enemies, and just as routinely deny it.
The really interesting question is, why the US Administration decided to release this particular tidbit through Mr. Woodward? To give other things leaked to him added credibility? To play a dominance game with Mr. al-Maliki? Given the Administration's other seemingly inexplicable actions, it's difficult to say. What is easier to say is that the shock value of this revelation is very close to zero.