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by ryegye24 5108 days ago
People are worried about the NSA because it was the NSA that was found to be responsible for the Room 641a scandal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A) in which it was discovered that they were tapping massive amounts of domestic internet traffic without a warrant or probable cause. There are probably another 10 to 20 more of those rooms strategically placed around the country, all of which would be indiscriminately tapping domestic internet traffic (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/al...). Additionally, the NSA employs more people than the FBI and CIA combined. If there's any agency tapping your internet usage it's the NSA.
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Sincerely, correct me if I am wrong:

This message I am about to post may travel through China before arriving at its destination, which may or not be back in the US.

If this message goes from Point A (US) to Point B (China) to Point C (US) it is not purely domestic traffic.

At Point C, where it enters the US, it should be possible to see that it came from China. It can be claimed then, that it is indeed not purely domestic traffic.

If this is not correct, please forgive me.