An official at the NSA told Globo that the agency gathers economic information in order to monitor for signs of potential instability in financial markets, and not to steal commercial secrets…
Potential instability in financial markets? Does that mean the NSA has to read Petrogas’s books, see how they’re spending their capital, make sure the administration isn’t skimming off the top, to ensure things aren’t being priced into an inflationary bubble?
Well, given the NSA’s record in telling us all about how poorly the banks were managing their affairs prior to the housing crash, I’d say they weren’t looking in the right places.
It would be redundant if I said this is crazy stuff…
