It's worth noting that this article by David Simon was written on June 7th, purely in reaction to the leaked information about Verizon metadata being collected. As more information about PRISM became available, Simon acknowledge that the leaks did point to something more serious than he had acknowledged in his original post [1].
With that context in mind, I still think it's worth reading Simon's original post that you linked to. He's a very articulate writer who has clearly shown he's no puppet of the establishment through his work on shows like The Wire.
With that context in mind, I still think it's worth reading Simon's original post that you linked to. He's a very articulate writer who has clearly shown he's no puppet of the establishment through his work on shows like The Wire.
[1]http://davidsimon.com/nsa-and-fisa-commentary-calling-it/