That room is just the tip of the iceberg, fiber splitters are everywhere (literally) and guess what happens to oversea ISP's that think they are protected, they

That room is just the tip of the iceberg, fiber splitters are everywhere (literally) and guess what happens to oversea ISP's that think they are protected, they also get routed to the proper sniff boxes, or get covert ones installed. That big data warehouse in Utah should be nicknamed the funnel. http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Factory-NSA-Eavesdropping-America/dp/0307279391 http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Factory-NSA-Eavesdropping-Ameri... This book details some of the backroom agreements big telecoms have had for decades that "relieve" them of legal responsibility.