Nothing the NSA was doing was news. Or indeed even hidden, much of it having been previously reported on HN and even the mainstream news. Few people connected

Nothing the NSA was doing was news. Or indeed even hidden, much of it having been previously reported on HN and even the mainstream news. Few people connected the NSA dots because few people connect any dots. There are dozens of other important stories snowed under by the same blizzard of laziness and stupidity.