Rubicon - Modern Day Spying?

I noted in my last update that I enjoy the new show Rubicon.  Well, I have watched the entire season and I hope to see more.  The New Republic had a good article on the show, noting that the show had the feel of a 1970s version of spying rather than our current period:

Yet as that last detail shows, it’s not easy to credibly imagine a '70s-style conspiracy taking place in the 2010s. At a time when the very survival of newspapers is in doubt, the idea that an all-powerful military-industrial cabal would use newspaper crosswords to send a signal feels laughably out of date. Likewise, the show’s attempt to recreate the mise-en-scene of those '70s films meant that practically no one at API—supposedly the most clued-in and powerful part of the intelligence community—is ever seen sending an e-mail or consulting a database; instead, they check out printed reports from a library, or make calls on an (easily traced) landline.  

However, I believe that is part of the charm.  In a time of high-tech gadgets, super computers, smart phones, and twitter, it was a nice change to see a show where the team sat around a conference table discussing motives, geography, and ideas.  You had a sense that each of the team members would be great contestants on Jeopardy.  This came to the surface at the end of the show when the FBI shows up looking for a list of potential terrorist targets and you truly get a sense of how the intelligence teams' collective mind works differently than the "feds" and their predictable approach to a crisis.

The show is unpredictable, well-acted, full of shadows, and always one step ahead of you (similar to their prey).  I will take this over gadgets any day.  I am hoping for a second season, but nothing has been said yet.