The fact that intelligence services like the NSA are able to collect trillions of pieces of data annually by skimming global communications is only a small — albeit an easily scandalized — slice of a much bigger revolution.
Events in Ukraine following the Orange Revolution were a great disappointment, particularly because of Yanukovich’s rise to power, which is why current events can be seen as a second chance to finish up what Nuland wasn’t able to do in 2004.