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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
1- Except for a brief statement, we don't know exactly what Snowdon was saying, or if it was true. We only get what other people thought he said.
2- We don't know what the NSA is doing with this supposed capability, only what people are speculating they can do.
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The NSA director has stated that they are collecting "metadata" (date, time, callers phone numbers, names, etc.), on EVERY phone call, both from inside the USA, or calls going to or coming from, outside the USA.
Also, they are collecting every email (encrypted or not), every Skype call, etc., to or from, every person inside the USA.
All the above, and more, are being stored. At any time they want, they can recall and read every record they wish. They would not need, in practice, any judicial approval whatsoever.
We need to go back to the simple idea that the CIA and NSA work OUTSIDE the USA, not inside it, and nobody archives every form of signal (call, email, video, etc.), from every citizen.