BBC News | AFRICA | US shuts down Somalia internet

"Somalia's only internet company and a key telecoms business have been forced to close because the United States suspects them of terrorist links."

I wonder if this is contributing to the lousy connectivity today. This also reminds me of a related fact: a huge percentage of all world phone and internet traffic runs through the United States, even traffice between foreign nations. This gives the United States the ability to tap those links for intelligence puposes or, in theory at least, shut them down.