UPDATE 2-Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid

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11. Sorry, I'm not buying it....there's a lot behind a decision like this, it's already been 10 yrs

since the process started, but the decision over NSA spying doesn't make sense. It could be a mitigating factor when considering but not the reason. Defense news says this:

"Incidentally, Saab’s defeat of Boeing comes just 12 days after the two companies announced a teaming effort on the US Air Force’s next-generation trainer.

While politics may have hurt Boeing, cost was the big reason Dassault was unable to stay in the competition, according to Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis with the Virginia-based Teal Group"

There are so many moving parts in an aircraft deal I doubt that one thing tanked it. Which leads us to the question of...is there something we're missing in the story?