I've been mostly reading news about PRISM and the NSA and who's culpable or not and who knew or not for the past few days. What slipped by during this firestorm? What news should I really know about but I missed it?

Note: I think I'm being pretty snarky by asking in this way but the HN rankings have been dominated by the same story and I don't know a better way to ask. I'd also love a response that tells me how I should have handled this differently.