“Some actions are so flagrant that they can’t be accidental,” Mr. Holt said.

When no news makes news, it looks like this:

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said.

(NYTimes, "E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress," 6/16)

Let us not pretend surprise.