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On the contrary, it is the risk I imply/have stated. I don't work in intelligence, but I am an infantry Marine reservist - some of the tactics briefed to us on how foreign governments and terrorists try to compromise opsec might surprise many, including using Facebook to try to determine troop movements. Our enemies are also sophisticated.

It's just not as simple as you have stated so far. I'm not making an absolute claim that the NSA did not violate privacy or such - I was primarily pointing out some of the complexities involved here that privacy advocates tend to forget, especially when considering the history of foreign intelligence gathering, where privacy is not guaranteed by any nation because such a guarantee cannot be backed.