There was some spying by the NSA without their knowledge or consent. Network traffic between their internal networks wasn't encrypted, which enabled snooping.

There was some spying by the NSA without their knowledge or consent. Network traffic between their internal networks wasn't encrypted, which enabled snooping. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i...