[astangl]

In order for this to work, it would have to have some real teeth, i.e., spell out real jail time penalties for NSA staff if collection occurs beyond the cutoff date. Jail time for top staff, not just low-level scapegoats.

Also, eliminate their loophole -- spell out explicitly that any capture + storage of communications qualifies as collection, not that it requires a human to listen to qualify.

Alas, it will never happen.