It’s not a matter of serving a subpoena, they have an interface they have developed for US Intelligence to use. Now, is the case that Facebook is run by US Intelligence? No, it’s not like that. It’s simply that US Intelligence is able to bring to bear legal and political pressure to them.

I've been saying this for years now. The Google/Facebook NSA conspiracy is ridiculous because the government can simply walk in the door, flash some paperwork, and make use of anything Google or Facebook has.

Them being involved at a creation phase or being in charge of these things would be exceedingly stupid.

The government absolutely has eyes into everything, but not because of some conspiracy; it's because the government can claim national security and gain access to anything they want.

I've long considered everything I do online--even on private sites--to be fully transparent to the government. It doesn't bother me too much because I know I'm not doing anything wrong, and I've not yet perfectly formed my security/privacy argument with regard to government.

It's a hard conversation. I know the government should have the ability to see this data, and I'm ok with that when it's done properly. The issue is that the tendency is toward misuse, and the repercussions of that moral entropy can be disastrous.