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Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.
Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.
Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.
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Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.
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