Declassified Documents Prove NSA Is Tapping the Internet

U.S. intelligence officials today declassified a secret court opinion that both chastises the National Security Agency for misleading the court and highlights an eavesdropping program in which the authorities have direct access to "upstream" internet communications. The document for the first time confirms unofficial leaks and speculation that, indeed, the government has direct access to internet companies' fiber optic cables and scoops up email communications as they go past -- millions of collections each year.

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