aeromotacanucks Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/report-brazilian-television-says-canadian-spy-agency-targeted-031659332--finance.html RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian television report that aired Sunday night said Canadian spies targeted Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry. The report on Globo television was based on documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and was the latest showing that Latin America's biggest country has been a target for U.S., British and now Canadian spy agencies. The report said the metadata of phone calls and emails from and to the Brazilian ministry were targeted by the Communications Security Establishment Canada, or CSEC, to map the ministry's communications, using a software program called Olympia. It didn't indicate whether emails were read or phone calls were listened to. A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper would neither confirm nor deny the allegations when asked to respond to the report late Sunday night. The "CSEC does not comment on its specific foreign intelligence activities or capabilities,” said Harper’s communications director Jason MaDdonald. Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao told Globo that "Canada has interests in Brazil, above all in the mining sector. I can't say if the spying served corporate interests or other groups." American journalist Glenn Greenwald, based in Rio de Janeiro, worked with Globo on its report. Greenwald broke the first stories about the NSA's global spy program focusing on Internet traffic and phone calls. Globo previously reported that the communications of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and also state-run oil company Petrobras were targeted by NSA spying. Earlier, Greenwald wrote articles in the O Globo newspaper saying that the NSA was gathering metadata on billions of emails, phone calls and other Internet data flowing through Brazil, an important transit point for global communications. The fallout over the spy programs led Rousseff last month to cancel a planned visit to the U.S., where she was to be the guest of honour for a state dinner. Rousseff last month spoke at the United Nations General Assembly and called for international regulations on data privacy and limiting espionage programs targeting the Internet. With files from The Canadian Press my question is: WHY? ok. there´s the Embraer VS Bombardier thing. but why Canada is spying our government? Oil reserves? Contracts? we´re sure about USA doing this and there´s no surprise about it, but Canada doing this is new... and USA is asking why Brazil is becoming a closer ally of Russia and China... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 We were probably just trying to sneak a peak of girls on the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 We were probably just trying to sneak a peak of girls on the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Honestly, every country has been doing this for a long time. It's only now that the public is learning about it. It's called intelligence. You gotta know your enemies, and even your allies. You don't think China has thousands of spies in the US right now? It's fair game in the information age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 All countries care about is their interests, wouldn't you want to keep an eye on your allies? (and enemies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 All countries care about is their interests, wouldn't you want to keep an eye on your allies? (and enemies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 so do you think pretty normal when USA spy Canadian citizens or when the Russians spy the Canadian government? we´re allies and a friendly country. why everyone is spying us when they can simply talk with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 so do you think pretty normal when USA spy Canadian citizens or when the Russians spy the Canadian government? we´re allies and a friendly country. why everyone is spying us when they can simply talk with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff demanded on Monday that Canada explain a media report that said it spied on the Brazilian mines and energy ministry, and she called on the United States and its allies to stop spying over the Internet. A Brazilian television report on Sunday said Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency targeted the ministry that manages the South American nation's vast mineral and oil resources. The report was based on documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Brazil "will demand explanations from Canada," said Rousseff, via Twitter. Because many Canadian companies are active in Brazil's mining industry, the spying could be a clear case of industrial espionage, Rousseff said. "The United States and its allies must immediately stop their spying activity once and for all," she tweeted. The report broadcast on Sunday by TV Globo, which gave no evidence that any strategic data had been intercepted, follows earlier disclosures by the network that the NSA snooped on the emails and phone calls of Rousseff herself. The network also reported that the NSA hacked into the computers of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras. Angered by the espionage reports, Rousseff canceled a state visit to Washington this month that was meant to cement a marked improvement in ties with the United States since she took office in 2011. Rousseff denounced U.S. espionage as a violation of human rights and international law in the opening speech of the U.N. General Assembly last month. "This is unacceptable between countries that are supposed to be partners. We repudiate this cyber warfare," Rousseff said on Monday via Twitter. She called the surveillance an attack on the sovereignty of nations and the privacy of their citizens and companies. The Globo report said Canada's secret signals intelligence agency, the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), used software called Olympia to map the ministry's communications, including Internet traffic, emails and telephone calls. The report provided no details on the alleged spying, other than a slide presented at an intelligence conference a year ago that mentioned Brazil's mines and energy ministry. The conference of U.S., Canadian, British, Australian and New Zealand intelligence services was attended by Snowden, it said. Globo said all the data on Brazil's mineral reserves are public and available on the Internet. The CSE, Canada's equivalent to the NSA, said it did not comment on its foreign intelligence gathering activities. The Globo report was co-authored by Glenn Greenwald, an American journalist based in Brazil who first published documents leaked by Snowden. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle in Brasilia and David Ljunggren in Ottawa; Editing by Chris Reese) our democracy need change. this mess is destroying our country. everyone look at us, spy us, invade our systems, spy our citizens... we´re not North Korea, we´re not nuke anybody. ok it isn´t new but the level and quantity of spy activities are bigger than ever. our government must stand and develop a national defense system against this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 hardly a new concept Canada's man in Tehran was a CIA spy Ken Taylor, the Canadian diplomat celebrated 30 years ago for hiding U.S. embassy personnel during the Iranian revolution, actively spied for the Americans and helped them plan an armed incursion into the country. Mr. Taylor, ambassador in Iran from 1977 to 1980, became "the de facto CIA station chief" in Tehran after the U.S. embassy was seized by students on Nov. 4, 1979, and 63 Americans, including the four-member Central Intelligence Agency contingent, were taken hostage. http://www.theglobea...article4311038/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Canuck Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 We were probably just trying to sneak a peak of girls on the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 +1 Gold. Why spy on some stupid mines. Get the NSA to do that. Spy on the beautiful chickies on the beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 If you think the Canadian government doesn't spy on other countries your head is buried in the sand. Snowden is a traitor and should be hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 If you think the Canadian government doesn't spy on other countries your head is buried in the sand. Snowden is a traitor and should be hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 How is he a traitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 If you think the Canadian government doesn't spy on other countries your head is buried in the sand. Snowden is a traitor and should be hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 giving up Classified government info which is part of the job to keep secret pretty much makes you a traitor and death by hanging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbal23 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 how Snowden is a traitor? just because he revealed to the entire world what USA and allies did to other countries he´s the bad guy? disagree. in Brazil Snowden is considered a hero... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 If you think the Canadian government doesn't spy on other countries your head is buried in the sand. Snowden is a traitor and should be hanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Calm down there cupcake. Snowden is American and therefore not a traitor to our country. And most importantly, IF Canada is spying on other countries, you'd think we'd want to keep it secret, so a bigger question is WHY is our closest neighbour spying on us? Because I cannot see us or our spy network happily telling anyone that we're spying or committing any kind of espionage meaning they'd have to be spying on us somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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