US spy agency targeted top Brazilian officials: WikiLeaks

Aside from listening in on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s phone calls, US spies also targeted top political and financial officials, according to new information released by WikiLeaks on Saturday. The whistle-blowing website published a National Security Agency list of 29 Brazilian government phone numbers that the American spy group monitored. Publication of the list sheds new light on the spying scandal that first erupted in 2013 and damaged relations between America and Brazil, prompting Rousseff to cancel a state visit to Washington in an embarrassment for President Barack Obama.

The publication proves that not only President Dilma Rousseff was targeted but also her assistant, her secretary, her chief of staff, her palace office and even the phone in her presidential jet.

WikiLeaks said in a statement

Rousseff did finally visit the United States this week, but the new spying revelations did not emerge until just after her return. According to a story on The Intercept website, which first reported the WikiLeaks data, the eavesdropping apparently began in early 2011 or even earlier. The latest disclosures come on the heels of new WikiLeaks releases that appeared to show the United States listened in on German and French government officials.

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