[sjy]

> There's no way that many separate people and agencies, all with access, would be able to maintain operational security

Then why isn’t this already the case for unencrypted communications? Law enforcement agencies all over the world routinely obtain lawful access to private data stored in Facebook, Dropbox and Gmail accounts, yet these services are still reasonably secure if, like the average person, you trust the service provider and are not the subject of an active investigation.

[craftyguy]

The NSA didn't obtain 'lawful access' to wiretap billions of people/communications.