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by knodi123 3768 days ago
> What if they only buffered the data for a few seconds while picking out the "good stuff"?

That's not what they do. They keep it. Indefinitely. That's the whole point- If they find a terrorist, they can back-search and find everyone he has communicated with.

> If you think the NSA has no effective oversight and is lying to the FISA court or the President about what it does and doesn't do,

This is an outright fact, and if you think it's not true, then I don't know what I can do for you. Is there an opposite-of-conspiracy theorist, someone who believes any outlandish theory that supports the status quo? Just bizarre.

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