Report: U.S. spying eyes energy info in Latin America
By Jack Shafer
Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:16am IST
... O Globo published what it said are slides that Snowden released indicating the U.S. effort is gathering information on energy in Mexico and oil in Venezuela. There was no information released about what information was obtained, nor any companies that were targeted.
The report also said that Colombia, the strongest U.S. military ally in South America, along with Mexico and Brazil, were the countries where the U.S. program intercepted the biggest chunks of information on emails and telephone calls during the last five years. Similar activities took place in Argentina and Ecuador, among others.
Figures weren't published on how many intercepts occurred.
O Globo also reported that the documents it's seen indicate the U.S. had data collection centers in 2002 for material intercepted from satellites in Bogota, Caracas, Mexico City and Panama City, along with Brasilia. There was no information published about the existence of these centers after 2002 ...
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/09/us-shafer-leaks-idUSBRE9681CG20130709?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
Let's all blame Obama for the crimes of the Bushista regime!
