Ok, how's this for sensible? The holy trinity of criminal law is means, motive and opportunity. Let's review: Does the NSA have the means for such an attack? T

Ok, how's this for sensible? The holy trinity of criminal law is means, motive and opportunity. Let's review: Does the NSA have the means for such an attack? The article argues convincingly that they do. Does the NSA have the motive for such an attack? Yes, if their mission is to gain access to as much of the signals traffic in the world as possible -- and I think that's been pretty well shown to be true. Does the NSA have the opportunity for such an attack? Certainly, the Snowden papers have shown that the NSA has access to a wide variety of communications channels. So, I think it's a perfectly sane argument to say that if the NSA haven't performed this attack already, they will certainly do so at some point in time against some target. And, if they are not, state intelligence organizations under other flags, such as China, will -- and China has shown a clear interest in attacking not just military but also commercial targets within the USA.