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See also, from a few days ago:

What is new is that Harman is said to have been picked up on a court-approved NSA tap directed at alleged Israel covert action operations in Washington.

From the archive:

How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks?

Noam Cohen's friend:

Privacy is serious. It is serious the moment the data gets collected, not the moment it is released.