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So just where will the NSA stop?

A judge rules against the NSA's widespread surveillance, while Edward Snowden applauds and offers to help Brazil block NSA eavesdropping on its citizens. Also, an international spat begins when the US arrests an Indian diplomat for underpaying her housekeeper. And the Boston Globe finds mental illness may have played a role in the Boston Marathon bombing. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

So just where will the NSA stop?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad

Here's why the US dance with Iran will ultimately affect Afghanistan and Pakistan

Here's why the US dance with Iran will ultimately affect Afghanistan and Pakistan