The NSA subject, when there's actual news, is on-topic and relevant. But most of what makes it to the front page of HN is gossip and speculation and tinfoil-hat conspiracy.
And the results to this poll aren't going to indicate anything useful, because there's an asymmetry of interest -- it's like setting up a poll to ask if there should be more Libertarian stories. The few people who really, really care will find a way to make their obsession "win" the popularity contest. Everyone else yawns and walks away, knowing that Eternal September is already a few months in the rear-view mirror.
And the results to this poll aren't going to indicate anything useful, because there's an asymmetry of interest -- it's like setting up a poll to ask if there should be more Libertarian stories. The few people who really, really care will find a way to make their obsession "win" the popularity contest. Everyone else yawns and walks away, knowing that Eternal September is already a few months in the rear-view mirror.