Discussion for article #224878
Earlier, Kerry said the loss of intellectual property through hacking has had a “chilling effect on innovation and investment,” and said such activity is hurting U.S. companies.
Did he mention anything about this?
The US National Security Agency has been accused of spying on Brazil’s biggest oil company, Petrobras, following the release of more files from US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The latest disclosures, which aired on Brazil’s Fantástico news program, have led to accusations that the NSA is conducting intelligence-gathering operations that go beyond its core mission of national security – often cited as the key distinction between the agency and its counterparts in China and Russia.
The revelations are likely to further strain ties between the US and Brazil ahead of a planned state dinner for president Dilma Rousseff at the White House in October. Bileteral relations have already been muddled by the earlier release of NSA files showing the US agency intercepted Brazilian communications and spied on Rousseff and her aides.
I’m guessing “no”.
I also imagine he didn’t mention how countries around the globe are now shunning US tech companies. Did he?
Microsoft has lost customers, including the government of Brazil.
IBM is spending more than a billion dollars to build data centers overseas to reassure foreign customers that their information is safe from prying eyes in the U.S. government.
And tech firms abroad, from Europe to South America, say they are gaining customers who are shunning U.S. providers, suspicious because of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden that tied these providers to the vast NSA surveillance program.
Kerry is nothing more that a worn out mouthpiece for US imperialism. And he’s a “Democrat”!
Like Hillary, completely full of shit on anything to do with the NSA.