The game of 20 questions (National Security Edition) has finally paid off, weeks after the question was asked. Ron Wyden, one of the few legislators willing to pin down (or at least attempt to — the NATSEC reps are a slippery bunch) exactly what the NSA is up to, has received a response to one his pointed questions. (Wyden‘s ability to ask precisely the right question has pretty much turned any intel official‘s answer along the lines of „we can‘t discuss this publicly for national security reasons“ into a de facto „yes.“)