all five cables landing at that tiny country in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti? they terminate into half a floor of a single building about 150ft from the shoreline. the NSA has been tapping submarine optical cables since the early nineties.

for the patch panels they can't get to, there's always the covert submarine they are purported to have.

pretty well documented, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Halibut_(SSGN-587)#Special_...

Really?

http://amzn.com/006097771X

I didn't meant that as denying they did it, quite the opposite, I am sure they do with unlimited taxpayer money.

Just that the cost to intercept all that must be staggering.