Topic: Gilmar Mendes

Brazil security chief blames rogues for wiretaps

AP News - 1252 days ago
Brazil's security chief says intelligence agency not behind wiretaps; blames individualsBrazil's security chief told a congressional panel Tuesday that the country's intelligence agency was not behind the alleged wiretapping of several top officials, but that rogue elements within the ...

Brazil's spy chiefs suspended in bugging scandal

AFP Global Edition - 1252 days ago
The chiefs of Brazil's spy agency have been suspended and a probe launched into allegations the agency eavesdropped on telephone conversations by senior judicial, legislative and government officials.President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered the suspension of the directors of ...

Lula suspends top officials in Brazil's spy service

AFP Global Edition - 1252 days ago
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suspended the leadership of the country's intelligence service after the spy agency was accused of bugging the supreme court chief's telephone.Lula on Monday demanded federal police investigate the case to discover ...

Brazil scandal: Did spies tap officials' phones?

AP News - 1253 days ago
Brazil's president tries to calm scandal after spies accused of tapping top officials' phonesBrazil's president tried to avert a political crisis Monday after the national intelligence service was accused of tapping the phones of the Supreme Court chief and other ...