Local, it’s just you and who you are talking to unless it’s a company selling something or you’re trying to get support and they tape you. Overseas calls, just you, who you are talking to and the NSA. Quoting Yahoo:

Bush’s willingness to publicly acknowledge a highly classified spying program was a stunning development for a president known to dislike disclosure of even the most mundane inner workings of his White House. Just a day earlier he had refused to talk about it.

Since October 2001, the super-secret National Security Agency has eavesdropped on the international phone calls and e-mails of people inside the United States without court-approved warrants.

Seems there’s a big brouhaha about this. I don’t see why. They have been doing that for years. I’ve known about it for years. Can’t remember if I’ve blogged about it. Probably not.