I completely agree with this article.  We all have the right to know how the agencies are controlling the Internet backbone and shouldn't have to worry about how this area of the Internet is controlled.  I agree with the fact that we need new communication platforms and re engineer the Internet.  On the other hand, who says that the government hasn't done that already.  I had no clue that there was an Internet Engineering Task Force, that's pretty cool.  Government influence is without a doubt the main solution here.  I don't know if dismantling of the worldwide surveillance is something that could even be done so it is hard to believe that any of this is truly possible.