Here's today's full-page newspaper ad by eight Internet giants urging a shorter leash on the NSA

Not a single baby bell or wireless telecom has publicly stood up for the privacy rights of its customers against NSA mass surveillance, as have Google, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook.
     Interesting, ain't it?
     (AKSARBENT would be remiss if it didn't point out that for several of these companies, especially Facebook and Microsoft, complaining about the NSA compromising their customers' privacy is a lot like a germ complaining about disease.)