telcos getting more power over the net; telcos in bed with nsa … coincidence?

the news stories this week:
thursday
Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal

friday
Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room
“AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers’ phone calls, and shunted its customers’ internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center”

i guess the one question one has to ask is, is this is a coincidence? suddenly it makes sense that the government hands over much more control of the internet to at&t.

i guess it is naive to think that politicians act in the best interest of their voters, or that they at least should act in the best interest of their voters, and not their corporate donors.