It is ironic that the "democracy dies in the dark" people still won't report on this even though it has been common knowledge and public record for over a decade.
Still won't report on what? The Chinese firewall is public knowledge, and Cisco helped build it. China doesn't have a democracy and doesn't pretend to.
NSA spying to an extent is public knowledge, but the submission is full of new information. I'm sure it will be reported by other sources in a few hours.
