I think they are describing Carnivore which was around before Bush.
Does anyone have that graph that shows the downward trend of NYT? I've seen it posted on other threads.
How many layoffs for the NYT this year? I remember a few.
Echelon and Carnivor have been around for a while - wow - the NY Times, always on the ball.
Hint: If you can find something in Wiki, it ain't news....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28FBI%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON