trio of articles on the NSA spying scope, ramifications

Glenn Greenwald: The NSA Can "Literally Watch Every Keystroke You Make" (Democracy Now, 30 Dec 2013)
https://www.democracynow.org/2013/12..._can_literally

Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit (der Spiegel Online, 29 Dec 2013)
https://www.spiegel.de/international...-a-940969.html

Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox (der Spiegel Online, 29 Dec 2013)
https://www.spiegel.de/international...-international

bonus op-ed --
2013 is the year that proved your ‘paranoid’ friend right
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-friend-right/
(is the photo proving that Snowden has a reflection?)