SAO PAULO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz

Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday it made "no sense" for the

U.S. Department of Justice to request information from Saab

over Brazil's purchase of the Swedish firm's Gripen

fighter jets in 2014.

Saab revealed the U.S. request on Thursday and said it

intended to comply with the request, without providing further

details. "I think this is the U.S. meddling in another country's

affairs," Lula told a radio interview.