Think Snowden revelations aren't hurting USFP? Think again: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/17/brazil-president-snub-us-nsa …
@speechboy71 Every government in the world 1) dominates the telecom backbone and 2) has legal and illegal access to SWIFT? @bmaz
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@emptywheel So what? Doesn't change fact that foreign intel gathering is perfectly legal & conducted by all nations, including Brazil -
@speechboy71 Sure. But if the US is--bc it, unlike any other nation--can conduct more aggressive financial spying, that's a problem. -
@emptywheel Why is that a problem? It's not a problem for the United States -
@speechboy71 Sure. Until such time as rest of world feels they need to treat US as pariah bc of it. It's nuclear armament. -
@emptywheel Well obviously that isn't going to happen. -
@speechboy71 Fine. Then Dilma canceling a state dinner does no damage whatsoever to USFP. -
@emptywheel Of course it does damage, at least in the near-term. -
@speechboy71 Dilma APPEARS to be making sound decision based on strategic issues. If we've played her bad strategic hand, it's our doing - 2 more replies
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