The NSA wouldn’t have to ask Twitter for permission to install a dump feed because NSA already has it. It’s very safe to assume that NSA is already splitting everything off from NTT/Verio, Twitter’s hosting provider. In other words, the NSA had the capability in place long before Twitter was even a glimmer. There’s no mystery about where the traffic is going. Maybe the people at ValleyWag have amnesia and don’t remember terms like Mark Klein and NarusInsight Intercept Suite.
Besides, check this out: U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran:
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.
Confirmation that the U.S. government had contacted Twitter came as the Obama administration sought to avoid suggestions it was meddling in Iran’s internal affairs as the Islamic Republic battled to control deadly street protests over the election result.
And if you believe that the U.S. State Department thought up the idea to call Twitter over the Iran thing all by themselves, I’ve got a bridge to sell you...
But, of course, now that Barry O.'s in charge of things, they've Changed.
Except, of course, where they've never been particularly hidden in the first place.
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