[rlmorel]

Yes. How sad. I can imagine that even if he felt unease, he didn't have proof it was being misused. Of course, he had to help design it, so he likely had some knowledge, but how deep he went down that hole I don't know.

From the writeup, it is clear he had some idea because he was worried enough about the data splitters to keep a copy of what he had done: "...This wholesale routing of information worried him enough that he kept documents showing how the wiring worked just in case..."

I suspect that like many of us, he may have still thought the government wouldn't use this for illegal purposes.

That time frame, between 2004 and today, caused many an American citizen to re-think what our own government might subject its citizenry to. Sure, there were many skeptics (with good reason) but I suspect many of those people (like me) didn't think the government would so flagrantly and openly break the law with something like this.

How naive of me, and I suspect I am not alone in this. Mark Klein may have been in my company from that perspective.

[Openurmind]

I have been hip to it since I found out about In-Q-Tel back in the 90s.

[higgmeister]

This is actually crazy.   The walls have ears.   That phrase goes back to the Middle Ages.   Just to give you a clue, back in 1978, I was on a evening shift in the Tech Control Facility and had a monitor speaker on one of the Autovon lines back to the States. I happened to hear a call which turned out to be my Squadron Commander talking to a friend.   He was bad mouthing his executive officer saying he was a clueless dork.

Anything anyone can do is just pabulum to lull you into complacency.