[mrsmith]

I expect these rules to just allow some- legally actionable- info collected overseas to be accessed by domestic police.
Which wouldn’t fit your scenario.
We’ll see.
And, of course, the ‘slippery slope’ factor will have to be considered.

[blackdog]

What this will become is a database for future use. If your name is requested to be cross referenced with a data search, then your very own Pandora's box flies open. In other words it's a database waiting for the list of enemies.

Think of 100 Lois Lerners at the DMV, traffic court, city council, county sheriffs, local zoning board, etc..... who one day have a reason to go after you?

[DesertRhino]

You couldn’t be more wrong. What you said doesn’t even make sense.
They will collect info as a normal intelligence agency. The day they find something they can enforce here, they will use it. And it does fit my scenario. THATS exactly what is already being don’t with stingray. Phones are searched electronically at random.
Incriminating info is passed to locals as a “tip”. The locals make the arrest and have a pretext as to how they came by the info.

You always seem to protect this surveillance mentality. Interesting.