Brazil summons US ambassador over spying claims

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41. That is why I said "rules of conduct" instead of "laws." You probably should have read that part.

One of the international rules of conduct is that you don't break local laws of the nation you're in when they're allies. That is why in the military scenario US soldiers follow the laws of the country they're in which they're stationed and why in the intelligence scenario the US has imprisoned Jonathan Pollard since 1987 for being an Israeli spy.

Under your scenario, the US is free to act like the Dirty Harry of the world which is obviously wrong. And of course your comment about it being "an arms race of spying" is downright stupid when you're talking about breaking local laws to spy on our allies.

Now, if you're trying to tell me that Brazil and Mexico don't have laws against other nations spying on their citizens then please inform me. Otherwise, your posts in this thread just look silly and wrong.