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Brazilian chancellor Luiz Alberto Figueiredo (L), and Minister of Justice Jose Eduardo Cardoso (R) speak during a press conference at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, 02 September 2013, on the new complaints that United States spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR).

US spy story sparks outrage as Brazil, Mexico seek answers

by Alex Edwards | Sep 3, 2013 | World

Rio de Janeiro, Bloomberg—Brazilian officials voiced outrage and along with Mexico demanded the US explain why it allegedly intercepted the phone calls and emails of their presidents as part of an anti-terror surveillance program. The allegations were made Sunday...

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In this July 30, 2013, file frame grab from Rossiya 24 television channel, Lon Snowden, the father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, speaks during an interview with Russian the state-owned Rossiya 24 television in Washington (AP Photo/Rossiya 24 via APTN, File)

Snowden’s father gets visa to visit son in Russia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2013 | World

Washington, Associated Press—National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s father has secured documents to visit his son in Russia and plans to discuss how he could fight espionage charges, Lon Snowden and his attorney said Sunday. Neither Lon Snowden nor his...

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FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, a Facebook User Operations Safety Team worker looks at reviews at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother?’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2013 | Media

San Francisco, AP—With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The revelations that the National...