[techweenie]

Randy:

Turns out NSA phone monitoring and warrantless data collection was set up in February/March 2001. So it's been going on a lot longer than (some) folks suspected.

http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-11289-nsa-uses-‘terrorism’-to-justify-mass-surveillance-that-started-long-before-9_11-and-the-patriot-act.html