Brazilian authorities say they want to interview fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden about the spying program that targeted Latin America's biggest country.  This comes as the journalist most closely associated with Snowden makes a surprising announcement.

“For our investigation, questioning Snowden is a top priority,” said Jose Alberto Freitas, the head of the intelligence sector of Brazil's Federal Police.  “He could provide technical details that will help our investigation advance.”

Brasilia is very upset with the United States over the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) activities in Brazil, exposed in revelations from Snowden’s trove of intelligence secrets.  Among them:  The NSA eavesdropped on President Dilma Rousseff’s emails;  It hacked into the computer network of state-run oil company Petrobras;  And  the NSA intercepted and stored data on billions of emails and calls flowing through Brazil.

Snowden is living in an undisclosed location around Moscow, where he was given asylum by the Russian government.  Brazil says it will approach Russia about setting up a videolink for an interview.

Meanwhile, the reporter who wrote many of the stories that alarmed the world about the US spying is changing jobs.  Glenn Greenwald is leaving the UK’s Guardian Newspaper, to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.  Greenwald isn’t revealing any specifics about what it will be, but referred to it as a “once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity”.