Ever since the disclosure of secret documents detailing the massive and far reaching NSA spy program, especially as it relates to American citizens and domestic channels of communications, a firestorm of controversy has erupted over the legality of the Program. However, this focus on the legality or illegality of the NSA PRISM program is misguidedand for two reasons. 1 - The focus on the question of the legality of the program misdirects our gaze from what is really going. 2 - What is really going on with the debate about the legality and existence of the NSA program is the realization of a dark truth about the theory and operation of MODERN POWER and POLITICAL LIFE.