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On 6/5, 65 Things We Know About NSA Surveillance That We Didn't Know a Year Ago

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60. The Hindu reported that, based on NSA documents: "In the overall list of countries spied on by NSA programs, India stands at fifth place."

61. The NSA hacked into former Mexican President Felipe Calderon's official email account.

62. The Guardian reported: "The NSA has, for years, systematically tapped into the Brazilian telecommunication network and indiscriminately intercepted, collected and stored the email and telephone records of millions of Brazilians."

63. The NSA monitored emails (link in Portuguese), telephone calls, and text messages of Brazilian President Dilma Roussef and her top aides.

64. Germany's intelligence agencies cooperated with the NSA and implemented the NSA's XKeyscore program, while NSA was in turn spying on German leaders.

65. Norwegian daily Dagbladet reported (Link in Norwegian) that the NSA acquired data on 33 million Norwegian cell phone calls in one 30-day period."

There's no question that the international relationships Obama pledged to repair, as well as the confidence of the American people in their privacy and constitutional rights, have been damaged by the NSAs dragnet surveillance. But one year later, both the United States and international governments have not taken the steps necessary to ensure that this surveillance ends. That's why everyone must take action-- contact your elected representative, join Reset the Net, and learn about how international law applies to U.S. surveillance today.

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