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by dram 4736 days ago
The NSA is wholesale collecting data and later using a secret court to authorize them to query their own databases [1]. PRISM is not just an interface. It is officially known as SIGAD US-984XN which means it intercepts and collects electronic communications.

[1] Bamford, Binney and the ACLU at Defcon 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIz-RNUL1g