as far as announcing, there was a college professor on the news not long ago that got an email from Dept of Homeland Security that his emails, phone calls, and so forth were being watched. they do tell...but how stupid is that? I just assume my phone is tapped, my emails are being read, and there's audio and video surveillance everywhere. I wouldn't believe what anyone in government told me nowadays anyway, especially in regards to wiretapping and stuff.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854