Greenwald Claims NSA Accessed Mexican President Pena Nieto's Emails Al Jazeera
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New documents released by leaker Edward Snowden reveal that NSA spied on the leaders of Brazil and Mexico looking at their personal e-mail accounts and web browsing history. NBC's Keir Simmons reports. (OvalTv)

The US National Security Agency's spy program targeted the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, and in the case of Mexico's leader accessed the content of emails before he was elected, the journalist who obtained secret documents from NSA leaker Edward Snowden has said.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who lives in Rio de Janeiro, told Globo's news program "Fantastico" that a document dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's emails were being read. The document is dated a month before Pena Nieto was elected.

The document Greenwald based the report on includes communications from Pena Nieto indicating who he would like to name to some Cabinet posts among other information. It's not clear if the spying continues.

In the case of Brazil's leader, the June 2012 document "doesn't include any of Dilma's specific intercepted messages, the way it does for Nieto," Greenwald told The Associated Press news agency.

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