Flutterby™! : Snooping on the SLC Olympics

USA Today points out an interesting little tidbit that they say came from this subscription only WSJ article:

For the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, officials say, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NSA arranged with Qwest Communications International Inc. to use intercept equipment for a period of less than six months around the time of the event. It monitored the content of all email and text communications in the Salt Lake City area.

It's so good that they've got a long track record of using restraint, even as they can't keep track of who has access to what data...