WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Says US Monitors LatAm Communications at Will Hispanically Speaking News
go to original October 14, 2013

Edward Snowden is safe in Russia, but the fates of journalists who helped him and published his leaks are now of more concern for WikiLeaks, Julian Assange said in an interview with RT. (RussiaToday)

The U.S. government is well-placed to blackmail “nearly every significant person in Latin America” because most of the region’s electronic communications are routed through the United States, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said last week.

“Ninety-eight percent of Latin American telecommunications to the rest of the world - that means SMS, phone, email etc. - passes through the U.S.,” Assange said in an interview with Russia’s RT television.

U.S. intelligence agencies “can easily intercept these communications ... and therefore gain understanding of how Latin America is behaving, where it is moving, its economic transfers, the activities of its leaders and major players,” he said.

“That permits the U.S. to predict in some ways the behavior of Latin American leaders and interests, and it also permits them to blackmail. Nearly every significant person in Latin America is blackmailable by the U.S.,” the Australian journalist and transparency activist said.

Washington’s quest to dominate the Internet and the international economy poses a threat to national sovereignty, Assange said.

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