Chinese-Dragon
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Among the countries that were subjected to prying by the National Security Agency, or NSA, India was one of its top five targets, and ranked above other BRICS bloc economies such as China, Russia and Brazil, which were also reported to have been under the scanner of the U.S. government agency.
I guess it is easier for America to spy on India, considering that India's de-facto official language is English.
Whereas for China and Russia, you would need translators, who you could not necessarily depend on to give you the correct translation.
In one of the maps, based on the amount of telephone and email communication data collected by the agency, Iran was shown as the primary target, warranting 14 billion reports, followed by Pakistan (13.5 billion), Jordan (12.7 billion), Egypt (7.6 billion) and India (6.3 billion).
America's 5 top targets for spying: Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, and India.
Interestingly, these are all countries with large Muslim populations. Hence America's deep interest.