NSA Eavesdropping (Score 1)

This looks like it might be somebody's phD exercise, but there are some interesting implications: 1. That NSA has had speech to text transcription capability for some time. 2. That NSA has some method by which they can harvest very private fiber-optic based conversations (which now constitute the majority of transatlantic calls). 3. That those cute little radomes in the UK might be receiving something other than satellite traffic. Say, GSM data streams, perhaps....