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by lowpro 3698 days ago
Only the 98% of web traffic that goes through the US.

Although really the other 2% wouldn't be hard to get considering the power they have.

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NSA has partnership with many other nation states. They get much more data than just the data which goes through the US.
For anyone wanting more information on this, it is commonly referred to as "Five Eyes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

Also of note is the "Future Enlargement" section of that article, where it expands on other partnerships: "Six Eyes", "Nine Eyes", "Fourteen Eyes".