dubya got the telecomms off for their part in listening in on our phone calls - including the phone calls of members of our own armed forces to their families back home. but the real muscle behind the operation - the secrecy-shrouded nsa - may never have stopped, despite clear legislation dating back to the 70's meant to protect us from exactly this kind of eavesdropping.so what makes us think the nsa is still on the other end of the line? how about the fact that they are building a data center in texas that's the size of a football stadium?
think about how much information a jump drive holds these days. and they're smaller than your little finger. how much information would a jump drive that's the size of the astrodome hold, do you think? every phone call made in, to, or from this country? every email message, tweet, and blog post, perhaps?
yeah - that sounds about right.
we thinks it's time again to start watching the watchmen.