This is not my primary news source; I've been reading about the NSA elsewhere - yes, directly on the websites of the Guardian, NYT, etc. I've read very few of t

This is not my primary news source; I've been reading about the NSA elsewhere - yes, directly on the websites of the Guardian, NYT, etc. I've read very few of the blog entries, though I've sampled a few. Having said all that, I believe that the NSA stories should be allowed to rank naturally. And I do enjoy the more technical comments found here. In response to some of the comments. . .the tech community is not the only community (within the general public) with a high level of interest in the stories. Even if you leave out "conspiracy theorists", there are privacy advocates, advocates of limited government in general, advocates of limited government at the federal level, . . .