WASHINGTON - If National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden reaches political asylum in Ecuador, his telephone calls and email communications are expected to be closely monitored by the secretive electronic spy agency that he abandoned. The 30-year-old renegade NSA contractor would not be alone. The communications of millions of people across Latin America routinely are targeted by the NSA and local nations' intelligence agencies to detect political dissent and unrest, corrupted law enforcement in league with drug cartels, or potential terrorist plots. "Snowden's revelations about NSA surveillance at home and abroad come as no surprise to Latin America," says Adam Isacson, a security...
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