The Germans aren’t quite saying “Nein!” to the Obama campaign’s hope for a speech at the Brandenburg Gate. But it sounds like they’re hedging…

At the link, the Sun-Times Lynn Sweet says “the Obama campaign can’t control leaks coming out about his upcoming international trip from foreign capitals”, but I think that’s unfair criticism. We know the general timeframe of the trip (late July) and the destinations (the U.K., France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Iraq). Now it’s just a matter of guessing which stop on which day, and with all the security arrangements, probably every city official in London, Paris, or Berlin is probably being told about which streets will have to be shut down on which day.