In case you lived under a rock the last two years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
The problem with discussions about the NSA on HN is that sense, reasoning and rationality seem to go out the window.
That claim contradicts what Glenn Greenwald says. Why is he wrong?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-...
Null hypothesis. His extraordinary claim required extraordinary evidence, and there was none. It is not up to me to prove a negative.
But this is a pointless conversation. There is something about the topic of the NSA on HN... the debate has no logic or sense.