To begin with, this article makes its argument that the NSA is involved with the Kim Dotcom situation based on two flawed arguments: 1) The use of the term "se

To begin with, this article makes its argument that the NSA is involved with the Kim Dotcom situation based on two flawed arguments: 1) The use of the term "selectors" implies the use of PRISM because PRISM uses the term "selectors" for search criteria. If you look at the other recent leaks, it shows that "selectors" is a generic term used across multiple tools by several, if not all, of five eyes intelligence agencies (try popping "gcsb selectors" or "gchq selectors" into Google). It's possible that they used PRISM or one of the other NSA tools, but they could very well have also used any of their own tools. 2) The phrase "REL TO NZL, AUS, CAN, GBR, USA" means "related to fives eyes". Google provides plenty of additional examples, but it seems that "REL TO" means /releasable to/, not /related to/. In order words, personnel in the other intelligence agencies are allowed to see it; it doesn't imply that they have worked on it. See [1] for an example, but again, lots of other examples in Google. The document says on page 13 that the FBI asked OFCANZ for assistance in carrying out an arrest warrant, OFCANZ then requested GCSB to "gather intelligence" on Kim Dotcom and his associates. In addition, on page 4 it states "No information concerning Mr. Dotcom or Mr. van der Kolk which GCSB obtained as a result has to date been shared with the Five Eyes." The authors of the Ars article and the original article are both trying to make the point that the NSA is spying on Kim Dotcom, but there's no mention of the NSA or that GCSB was using NSA tools anywhere in the leaked document. Finally, I'm not sure who leaked these documents, but they didn't bother redacting anything - there's personal information all over the place. I see names of the police staff, and (though they're hard to read) the defendants' e-mail addresses, phone numbers, addresses, passport numbers, driver's license numbers. That's not cool. [1] www.transcom.mil/publications/showPublication.cfm?docID=04A4D891-1EC9-F26D-0715CB3E5AF1309B