There was also the ATT Room 641A which was exposed in 2006 -- Beam splitters / taps on internet fiber backbones, monitored by the NSA. There wasn't really any

There was also the ATT Room 641A which was exposed in 2006 -- Beam splitters / taps on internet fiber backbones, monitored by the NSA. There wasn't really any doubt what was going on. By 2013, there was no question about ubiquitous internet surveillance. Hell, Frontline aired a documentary about it in early 2007: http://www.pbs.org/video/2365249828/ http://www.pbs.org/video/2365249828/