I have confidence you are lying
They are doing this ON HIS ORDERS
Information such as that collected by the NSA is useless EXCEPT for one reason.... going back to find out what you did if you come to their attention later
If you are gathering data for an existing investigation you have to have someone analyze it. You can’t have 300 million analysts reviewing information for 300 million citizens...
BUT you can store this info- and if you raise your voice against the king well then let’s just go take a look at who you’ve been calling and what you’ve been up do, shall we?
[this is also good for ACTUAL criminals- I am sure in hindsight they found plenty about the Boston Marathon bombers... but only after the fact]
Reminds me of "Oh, if only Comrade Stalin knew of the injustices that we've suffered at the hands of the KGB...".