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Kornblugh 13, 10-7-2013, "Could the revelations regarding the NSA
PRISM program hinder U.S. relations around the world?," Council on Foreign
Relations, http://www.cfr.org/defense-and-security/could-revelations-
regarding-nsa-prism-program-hinder-us-relations-around-world/p31566

Could the revelations regarding the NSA PRISM program hinder U.S. relations
around the world?
Revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) electronic
surveillance program were met with tough words from many of the United
States' allies. German leaders criticized the United States and France
threatened to delay the start of U.S.-EU trade talks. More recently, Brazilian
president Dilma Rousseff delivered a searing address to the United Nations
General Assembly after canceling a state visit to the White House.
However, these same leaders are aware, as President Obama has pointed
out, that their security intelligence services engage in similar activities and,
so far, despite the criticism, diplomatic and trade relations have remained
largely on track. Russian-U.S. negotiations over Syrian chemical weapons
were undeterred, for example, and U.S.-EU trade talks proceeded as
scheduled.
Perhaps the more serious long-term threat is to the health of the Internet
itself. The revelations may provide a rationale for some foreign governments
grappling with ongoing economic as well as privacy concerns to exert more
domestic control over data flows. The European Parliament called for a full
review of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework which eases digital commerce
between Europe and the United States. Brazil announced plans to route
Internet traffic around the United States, and is considering measures to store
Brazilian users' data on servers located within Brazil. Meanwhile, Russia,
China, Syria, and others seeking pretexts to deny their citizens the promise of
free speech and freedom to associate offered by the open Internet may
attempt to re-energize efforts to use the UN's International
Telecommunications Union to gain greater national sovereignty over networks
at the expense of the today's multi-stakeholder governance structure.
President Obama has promised a review of U.S. intelligence gathering
mechanisms so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of
our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share." This
review may need reinforcement from U.S. diplomatic efforts to avoid
balkanization of the Internet.