Canada spied on communications at Brazil's Mining and Energy Ministry, according to Canadian intelligence documents revealed Sunday by Globo television.
Canada
spied
on communications at
Brazil
's
Mining and Energy Ministry, according to Canadian intelligence documents
revealed Sunday by Globo television.
Documents leaked by former
U.S.
intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, purportedly from the Canadian Security
Intelligence Service, show a detailed outline of the Brazilian ministry's
communications, including phone calls, emails and Internet traffic.
Earlier disclosures by Mr. Snowden that the
United
States
spied on the same ministry,
as well as on President Dilma Rousseff and her aides, have greatly strained
U.S.-Brazilian ties.
Canada
has
mining interests in
Brazil
,
Mining and Energy Minister Edilson Lobao told Globo. He described the
development as "serious."
"There are many Canadian businesses interested in doing business in our
country. If that is where the interest in spying comes from, to help certain
business interests, I cannot say," Mr. Lobao added.
Mr. Snowden, a 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor, is
wanted by the
United States
after
revealing details of a massive NSA electronic surveillance program.
Mr. Snowden spent more than a month in transit in
Moscow
's
Sheremetyevo airport before slipping into
Russia
,
where he was granted asylum.
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