I don’t think that’s the case. I have never seen this argued before.
Probably the only guy outside of government who could tell us would be Tom Fitton.
Check these blog posts out (Larry Johnson @ No Quarter) regarding the probability that intelligence was gathered by the Brits (GHCQ) & Dutch that would have been illegal for the US to collect, & that info was passed on to US intelligence officials.
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/79626/barack-obamas-lawyer-lies-spying-trump/
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/79631/clapper-brennan-end-run/
FLASHBACK: Anti-Trump Rep. Touts Obama ‘Database’ With ‘Information About Everything...’ [VID]
Daily Caller ^ | 3-8-2017 | Christian Datoc
Posted on 3/9/2017, 9:18:36 AM by Syncro
During a 2013 interview with Roland Martin, Congresswoman Maxine Waters propped up the Obama administration for “[putting] in place” a “database [that] will have information about everything on every individual.”
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“Well, I don’t know. The thing I think some people are missing here is the president has put in place an organization that contains the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life,” Waters answered, unprompted. “That’s going to be very, very powerful.”
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