James Risen on the NSA "Program:" http://cryptome.org/nsa-program.htm Risen doesn't offer much new information in his book, out today, but this is a handy summary of how the NSA siphons data. The telecom and Internet giants are the ones to be hammered for secretly doing the dirty work against their customers. He fingers the international telecom hubs in NYC through which NSA grabs most of the data purposely sent through them to transoceanic cables worldwide. Hmm, the hubs on the West Coast are not mentoned. Wonder if that traffic is now redirected through New York too for easy watching. There are six or so of the giant facilities in Manhattan, and cable landings along Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Many more along the New Jersey coast. Most of the cable landings worldwide show up on nautical maps due to conflicts with mariners. In 2002 Cryptome published eyeballs: Downtown Manhattan Telephone Hubs http://eyeball-series.org/nytel-eyeball.htm US Transatlantic Cable Landings http://eyeball-series.org/cable-eyeball.htm US Transpacific Cable Landings http://eyeball-series.org//cablew-eyeball.htm