All of what you just provided are examples of methodology. What GabrielF00 was referencing is something like "Prime Minister Alice contacted Secretary Bob and

All of what you just provided are examples of methodology. What GabrielF00 was referencing is something like "Prime Minister Alice contacted Secretary Bob and discussed their recent dealings with President Carol." This is different from saying "This information was obtained by tapping Secretary Bob's Skype account", which in turn is different from saying "The NSA can tap Skype accounts." Most of what we've been seeing in the news is stuff like "The NSA can tap <technology>", and occasionally "the NSA spied on <person/group/country>" rather than "the NSA obtained <specific information> from <specific person> on <specific date>", which is what we're seeing with the recent Wikileaks disclosures.