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by lern_too_spel 2974 days ago
> Then why so much domestic spying, the entire point of this conversation thread?

The estimates in this thread are that they received .3% or less of all call metadata in the US, which is probably a generous overestimate since the article says the full call records are "billions ... per day." Of that, they query less. I don't know how this can be considered "so much" domestic surveillance.