U.S. spied on millions of e-mails and calls of Brazilians

Greenwald&#x27;s english synopsis: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/07/nsa-brazilians-globo-spying" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.guardian.co.uk&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;2013&#x2F;jul&#x2F;07&#x2F;nsa-braz...</a><p>It&#x27;s interesting to see him strategically releasing these stories to maximize impact of the information. While I&#x27;m sure Latin American leaders knew of or at least suspected NSA spying, seeing confirmation in such a revealing way must certainly strengthen their resolve to stand up to the US &quot;treating them as colonies,&quot; which can only be good news for Snowden.<p>It&#x27;s also interesting to think about the stated mission of the NSA, which is to collect foreign intelligence. Is that a black and white statement? Are there boundaries and human rights to be respected? America respects international law on not torturing to some debatable degree, perhaps a &quot;spying&quot; agreement is needed to define the acceptable limits on collecting foreign intelligence, which I don&#x27;t believe yet exists.

Article also states that the Brazilians are the most monitored nation in Latin America. Given that other countries in Latin America has showed far less &quot;cooperative&quot; with the US in the past, this took me by surprise. Maybe it&#x27;s also oil related since the discovery of a humongous pre-salt layer[1] might be of interest to US?<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-salt_layer" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Pre-salt_layer</a>

&quot;It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.&quot; - S. K.

This could be exactly what Brazilian <i>politicians</i> need.<p>Right now Brazil is deeply divided, the people feel very let down and undervalued, there are mass protests and demonstrations of the streets. A sort of South American spring as it were. Now, the politicians may be able to divert attention on to a common enemy.<p>Of course, diverting attention to what could be seen as international concerns, might just annoy the population more.<p>Dunno, but I do see potential political use for this latest information.

Is this a new leak? Or have the Brazilian docs been surfaced before? How many countries do we have to make enemies of before we can start talking impeachment?

Plus we just beat their MMA champion. Tough day for Brasil.

I&#x27;m glad this is coming out about Brazilians. Because of all the Latin American countries who supported the Bolivian president, Brazil seemed awfully quiet. Maybe this will stir something up over there.

(didnt read the article, and knee-jerk response):<p>Via Orkut???

Isn&#x27;t this what the NSA was started for anyway?<p>What is the surprise here? &quot;Agency created to spy on foreign powers is spying on foreign powers&quot;... really?