So this is a further blow from the NSA
ASATUNEWS - U.S. intelligence officers are often involved NSA spying ja certainly hit the economy , how much effort does not do economic espionage against Brazil was in vain , because Brazil decided to cancel the contract for purchase of fighter jets made in the U.S. Boeing Company , and divert the jet Purchase Contract combat Worth U.S. $ 4.5 Billion to the Swedish fighter jet maker Saab JAS 39 Gripens .
The cancellation announcement very unexpected news amid global scandal over NSA Spying in economic activity .
Announcement of the cancellation of the purchase of 36 aircraft was conducted last Wednesday by the Minister of Defence Celso Amorim of Brazil and the Brazilian Air Force chief of staff Junti Saito .
Brazil Prefer to buy Swedish-made fighter jets worth U.S. $ 4.5 billion , well below the price offered by Boeing that could reach U.S. $ 7 billion .
Saito said the purchase of the Swedish fighter with regard to cooperation and development company pembutan Brazilian Embraer jets and other companies that will be determined .
During the Brazilian Air Force Mirage fighter aircraft use , made in France , of which as many as 12 aircraft will be retired later this year .
Brazil Mirage aircraft was purchased in 2005 . While waiting for the manufacture and delivery of the Swedish fighter jets , Brazilian Air Force will use the
Style F5 fighter US-made , which is able to operate until 2025.
During a visit to Brazil last week , French President Francois Hollande was accompanied by a delegation that included the President of Dassault Group , manufacturer of Mirage fighter jets so there is speculation Brazil will choose French-made jet made in the U.S. and Sweden than this .
Competition of the companies that will win the tender to supply fighter jets to Brazil started in the late 1990s when the Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso led , which continued under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Rousseff has now passed .
Reports FAB ( Brazilian Air Force ) in 2010 showed no preference in Saab , although President Lula prefers Rafale jets , from companies that are considered less expensive PerancisDassault .
Cancellation is certainly surprising that the NSA typically use economic espionage to spy on rival companies gestures and gestures that will be targeted by a competitor company in the U.S. .
Brazil has rejected a contract to Boeing F/A-18 fighter jet and divert contract to buy fighter jets Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen . Unexpected step to reject the U.S. offer comes amid a global scandal over NSA involvement in economic espionage .
Brazilian prefer artificial Sweden , as an offer from Chicago-based Boeing , the U.S. was rejected because of the performance and price of the aircraft is more expensive than artificial Saab as well as the commitment of the company '' Saab to transfer technology , "said Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim , such as Bloomberg quoted .
The transfer of the purchase contract amid reports of economic espionage scandal NSA against Brazil , as reported by Wikileaks , Edward Snowden .
Brazil is currently investigating a report released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that the spy agency NSA has been monitoring private communications of President Rousseff and infiltrate government ministries to collect information . Among the institutions targeted by the NSA is a Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and the Department of Mines and Energy , although the espionage scandal news is disputed by Washington contrary to claims by Washington that the NSA is not engaged in " economic espionage '' in Brazil .
Rousseff denounced the activities speonase the U.S. spy on his country , and the Brazilian president in a speech before the UN General Assembly last September , calling the NSA spying as " a violation of international law .
" The Brazilian president further warned that the NSA spying , which has been conducted since June , had violated the freedom of speech and democracy has been threatened .
" Meddling in such a way in the life and affairs of other countries is a violation of international law and because it is an insult to the principles set forth shall govern the relationship between the state , particularly among friendly countries , " Rousseff said .
In the same week before his speech at the UN summit , Rousseff cancel a state visit to Washington , which is scheduled to take place in October , in protest of this NSA spying . Rousseff repeatedly asked U.S. President Barack Obama expressed his apology for the crimes NSA .
Edward Snowden himself has stated his promise to help Brazil in the investigation into the NSA spy program in the country .
" Many Brazilian senators have asked me to cooperate with their investigation into alleged crimes against the citizens of Brazil , " said Snowden , in an open letter published by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo . Snowden hinted in the letter that he might ask Brazil to grant political asylum in return for his help it .
" The U.S. government will continue to limit my ability to speak until the State gives me a permanent political asylum to me , " Snowden wrote .
The Whistleblower is currently in temporary asylum in Russia . Brazil plans to host a summit of global internet governance in April 2014.
Brazilians Glenn Greenwald , a former Guardian journalist best known for publishing leaks Snowden , criticized the government's response muted EU 'to revelations about the NSA's mass surveillance apparatus . Washington He also refuted claims that there is no economic espionage involved in the NSA spying .
" How much of this spying is about has nothing to do with terrorism and national security . That pretext . It is about the manipulation of diplomatic and economic benefits . " . So this is a further blow from the NSA . | Muhammad Jusuf / RT
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