Few if any countries have been more outspoken, incredulous and chest-thumping over U.S. spying revelations than Brazil. Last summer, after Edward Snowden’s leaks had made the rounds, Brazilian lawmakers proposed a law that would require e-businesses to store data in Brazil — and only Brazil. Then, after it was revealed that the U.S. had spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Rousseff canceled a state visit to the U.S. and later admonished the U.S. — with President Obama on-hand — at the UN.
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NSA-Bashing Brazil Claims It Spied Better
Posted by: David Vranicar November 6, 2013 11:19 AMFew if any countries have been more outspoken, incredulous and chest-thumping over U.S. spying revelations than Brazil. Last summer, after Edward Snowden’s leaks had made the rounds, Brazilian lawmakers proposed a law that would require e-businesses to store data in Brazil — and only Brazil. Then, after it was revealed that the U.S. had spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Rousseff canceled a state visit to the U.S. and later admonished the U.S. — with President Obama on-hand — at the UN.