The thing is ... for your average upper class Brazilian, having Brazil spy on you is less detrimental than having the US spy on you. For instance, the US can,

The thing is ... for your average upper class Brazilian, having Brazil spy on you is less detrimental than having the US spy on you. For instance, the US can, unilaterally, SEVERELY curtail your ability to travel. If your name lands on one of the lists the US keeps, it won't matter what airport in the world you are in... those lists will follow you. In Brazil, by way of contrast, that upper middle class Brazilian will actually have some rights that will be respected. He/She has NO rights that an American court needs to respect in the US. That's an extreme, and somewhat contrived, example. But I think it illustrates how many non Americans are thinking about the implications of the whole "..Non-Americans have no rights.." thing.