[cantankerous]

You're right that it seems more plausible, but these surveillance programs have been going supposedly going on for years now. These guys in the story said they do this 100 times+ per week. Where are all the other stories of this happening? I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I am saying it's weird that all of a sudden the FBI would start making house calls after all these still-largely-unverified-by-various-agencies leaks would take place. Anybody hear any other stories like this?

[mindcrime]

These guys in the story said they do this 100 times+ per week.

That's a good point. If they were doing this even a couple of times a month (or probably per year) you have to expect that it would be getting reported.

[checker]

And these officers are located where? Are they flying all over the country every day to investigate these 100's of incidents? Or, are they based out of the nearest city and following up on 100's of incidents local to that city's population?

Even if said agent was exaggerating his/her workload, this story sounds fishy.