"The newest information regarding the NSA domestic spying scandal
raises an important question: If America's tech giants didn't 'participate
knowingly' in the dragnet of electronic communication, how does the NSA get all
of their data? One theory: the NSA hired two secretive Israeli companies to
wiretap the U.S. telecommunications network." "NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake
corroborated Klein's assertions, testifying that while the NSA is using
Israeli-made NARUS hardware to "seize and save all personal electronic
communications." Both Verint and Narus were founded in Israel in the
1990s." (thanks Amir)