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{{see also|Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)}}
From the documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor [[Edward Snowden]], it became well known that various governments have been running programs to tap all kinds of communication at massive scales, including email. While the legality of this is still under question, it is certainly clear that the email of citizens with no ties to a terrorist organization
A lawsuit filed by the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] and other organizations alleges that [[Verizon]] illegally gave the U.S. government unrestricted access to its entire internet traffic without a warrant and that [[AT&T]] had a similar arrangement with the [[National Security Agency]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/washington/16nsa.html |title=Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry |author=ERIC LICHTBLAU, JAMES RISEN and SCOTT SHANE |date=16 December 2007 |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref> While the FBI and NSA maintain that all their activities were and are legal, Congress passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) granting AT&T and Verizon immunity from prosecution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aclu.org/national-security/foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-fisa |title=Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) | date=5 February 2008 |publisher=American Civil Liberties Union |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref>
The intelligence agencies snooped on the communication links between datacenters of various email service providers (Google, Yahoo, etc), exploited backdoors in email clients (Outlook), and also served legal notices ....??? TODO.
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