The FBI’s Contract to Buy Mass Internet Data
Of course they did.  And they'll keep doing it, because they can.  And because knowledge like that is power, and they like power.<p>At this point, you can safely assume that anything muttered by a "tin foil hat nutter" sort in about 2005-2010 about the internet, computers, three letter agencies, and the like is correct.  It's sure heading in that direction.