It's important that it's written in 2012 because it means a) It is not just another 'oh gawd, gotta cash in on this PRISM fiasco' article b) It demonstrates tha

It's important that it's written in 2012 because it means a) It is not just another 'oh gawd, gotta cash in on this PRISM fiasco' article b) It demonstrates that some level of awareness of issues and attempt at publicizing was always occuring. That is to say that it is a reminder that those of use reasonably well read/informed should not have been totally shocked when Snowden did his thing c) It's important because some people will question 'Why no mention of current events?'