> Mass storage of phone conversations doesn't appear to be ended, just shuffled off to some private contractor instead of being NSA-internal. Exactly. Except

> Mass storage of phone conversations doesn't appear to be ended, just shuffled off to some private contractor instead of being NSA-internal. Exactly. Except it is not going to be 'some private contractor', it will be dream come true for Lockheed Martin. Or, if it is not them then it will be some other military contractor because otherwise people will cotton to the fact that, for all intents and purposes, the NSA is Lockheed Martin. At least the NSA is theoretically accountable to the government, and the people by proxy. A private company is all about shareholder value. So, strip away the presentation by the cuddly President and you get yet more privatisation/outsourcing of the military-industrial complex.