NSA 'targeted presidents of Mexico and Brazil' reveals document leaked by Edward Snowden
Journalist Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden passed the documents, said a paper dated June last year shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's e-mails were being read.
The US National Security Agency's (NSA) spy programme targeted the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden passed the documents, said a paper dated June last year shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's e-mails were being read.
The document's date is a month before Pena Nieto was elected and includes communications from Pena Nieto indicating who he would like to appoint to government posts.
Greenwald also said communications from Brazil's leader Dilma Rousseff were intercepted, "including the use of DNI Presenter, which is a programme used by the NSA to open and read emails and online chats".
The US targeting mapped out the aides with whom Rousseff communicated and went a level further by tracking patterns of how those aides communicated with one another and also third parties, Greenwald said.
Brazilian Justice Minister Eduardo Cardozo said that "if the facts are confirmed, they would be considered very serious and would constitute a clear violation of Brazil's sovereignty".