Quote Originally Posted by MadeFromDust
So what are "targets" like say, the U.N. or foreign embassies, doing to put a stop to the nsa surveillance through official channels? Everybody has to answer to somebody and if their bosses have access to nsa bosses then bam! game over. The powers that be in the nsa are ordered to shut down certain programs cold turkey. Politics can ruin it all for them just like anything else. I'd like to hear what the big dogs are saying particularly if they oppose what the leaks have discovered.
That's a good question to ask, and why couldn't it be that world leaders think the surveillance is unavoidable, so just stay silent for now. The gap in technological capabilities and funds (note US military spending) is Grand Canyon, few can really try to stand up to US dominance there. War right now as well might be about social networks, public opinion and hacking.

If you get all the data in the world everywhere all the time, you pretty much control the world. The precendence has been set, the security has been compromised, now just make sure you're on a right boat.

Hopefully not.