Seems to indicate the NSA is performing some sort of MITM, or running intercepts from inside the datacenter after the traffic has been decrypted: "PRISM allows

Seems to indicate the NSA is performing some sort of MITM, or running intercepts from inside the datacenter after the traffic has been decrypted: "PRISM allows “collection managers [to send] content tasking instructions directly to equipment installed at company-controlled locations,” rather than directly to company servers. The companies cannot see the queries that are sent from the NSA to the systems installed on their premises" "From their workstations anywhere in the world, government employees cleared for PRISM access may “task” the system and receive results from an Internet company without further interaction with the company’s staff."