Nations Line Up Behind A U.N. Effort To Restrain And Limit NSA Spying

Exclusive: 21 Nations Line Up Behind U.N. Effort to Restrain NSA -- The Cable/Foreign Policy

An effort in the United Nations by Brazil and Germany to hold back government surveillance is quickly picking up steam, as the uproar over American eavesdropping grows.

The German and Brazilian delegations to the U.N. have opened talks with diplomats from 19 more countries to draft a General Resolution promoting the right of privacy on the Internet. Close American allies like France and Mexico -- as well as rivals like Cuba and Venezuela -- are all part of the effort.

The push marks the first major international effort to curb the National Security Agency's vast surveillance network. Its momentum is building. And it comes as concerns are growing within the U.S. intelligence community that the NSA may be, in effect, freelancing foreign policy by eavesdropping on leaders like Germany's Angela Merkel.

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My Comment: This UN proposal will go nowhere .... but .... this U.S. proposal may be accepted by some of America's allies.