I've been on the receiving end and posted a couple times trying to explain how it happens. In short, the NSA doesn't typically appear directly. Instead they u

I've been on the receiving end and posted a couple times trying to explain how it happens. In short, the NSA doesn't typically appear directly. Instead they use the courts and subpoenas to induce compliance for what seem like mundane court cases. See a previous post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5754641