Yup, while it's technically illegal for the NSA/etc to deliberately intercept American communication, it's an open secret that they work in cooperation with oth

Yup, while it's technically illegal for the NSA/etc to deliberately intercept American communication, it's an open secret that they work in cooperation with other nations who spy on us and give the data back to the US via programs like ECHELON. They also bend the rules as much as legally permissable. They can't deliberately intercept domestic-only traffic, but anything that goes overseas is fair game for a bulk tap, and you don't really have control of how your packets are routed.