Subscription required :(<p>EDIT A similar article appears to be almost the same, and is free on a number of news websites:
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/agreements-with-private-companies-protect-us-access-to-cables-data-for-surveillance/2013/07/06/aa5d017a-df77-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/agreements...</a>