Is this hearsay, innuendo or fact? If fact, what can you site as reference to support your statement? If you know this to be fact, please cite your references and provide as much detail as possible.
Rick Adams of UUNET confirmed on the com-priv list that his organization had been selling the FBI a usenet feed on tape. I could find the exact reference if you want. I don't know for sure that the NSA has a feed, or from whom, but it wouldn't surprise me. However, the obvious next point is, so what? It's a public system. Any idiot can pay $20/month and get a public access account. If you say something in a news post which you wouldn't want the FBI or NSA or whoever to see, you're the person who has done something stupid. Tapping a news feed isn't like tapping a phone line. It's more like turning on the television. Marc