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When their DNS seemed to go down a few days ago I also noticed this behavior and immediately switched to a local independent ISP's DNS that namebench spit out.

Doesn't seem too out of character, if they're returning this for actual customers, from the company that most likely allowed the US government to tap into Google and Yahoo's fiber lines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/technology/a-peephole-for-...

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That is a pretty big, and very uneducated, accusation.

Since the 1970s the CIA has been installing taps on undersea cables using specialized submarines. This is well documented, and it is well known that the NSA prefers to use methods that involve the least amount of interaction from uncleared individuals even if it is at a much greater expense.

the NSA is the one installing the taps. CIA tried to do a radio tower once -- or maybe that was the FBI. anyway, when it comes to sigint, it's NSA all day every day.

Nope. The Special Collection Service is responsible for deployments. It is a joint program with the CIA providing the field resources and management and the NSA providing the toys.

The article sources "three people with knowledge of Google’s and Yahoo’s systems who spoke on the condition of anonymity," so I wouldn't really call it uneducated.

Is the accusation that Level 3 has a 'black room' agreement with the NSA totally out of the realm of possibility? We know AT&T has such an agreement after Mark Klein exposed Room 641A years ago.

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