NSLs can't legally request ANYTHING. They are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The government has NO AUTHORITY to issue them. The fact that they are presently limiting themselves to illegal request x instead of illegal request y is not relevant.
Let's skip the abuses of the FBI et al and talk about the government as a whole for a minute.
Are you aware that the NSA monitors _all_ traffic at major exchanges in the US?
NSLs can't legally request ANYTHING. They are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The government has NO AUTHORITY to issue them. The fact that they are presently limiting themselves to illegal request x instead of illegal request y is not relevant.
Let's skip the abuses of the FBI et al and talk about the government as a whole for a minute.
Are you aware that the NSA monitors _all_ traffic at major exchanges in the US?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_co...
The USA reads your mail and messages at several different steps along the way.
See also: recent changes in Skype to allow for wiretapping at the request of the US government.