I couldn't come up with a better title. The Guardian is on fire. Here's the link: http://www.theguardian.com/... I used their title because I couldn't come up with anything better...
I only ran into this story because I was following another story, about Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, being detained in transit at Heathrow airport for 9 hours under a UK Terrorism Act clause: Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation. That story is also extensively covered.
And granted, this isn't particularly new news, except for the fact that it's the first time that it's being officially confirmed.