This conversation shouldn't happen without first talking about "parallel construction". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://en.wikipedi

This conversation shouldn't happen without first talking about "parallel construction". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction We know they've tapped every fiber there is, in closets and undersea. It would be simple to use timing attacks at that point. Given that they had the means, and the lack of principles to use those means, why would we believe it was anything else? We don't have to invent absurd scenarios, nor should we believe anyone else's inventions.