[Black Agnes]

What they lack is the financial capability to do this with EVERYONE’s data and phone calls.

Forever.

Also access to the kind of data analysis programs that can determine all sorts of things besides.

[indthkr]

"What they lack is the financial capability..."

That all depends on which "they" you are refering to.

"They" may not be able to assemble "the whole enchilada", but that doesn't mean you'll ever have privacy in your cell phone or email communications.

[American Constitutionalist]

They are like a parasite that feeds off it's host....

They are biting the hand that feeds them.

Your right, this can't go on forever.

[uncommonsense]

What they lack is the financial capability to do this with EVERYONE’s data and phone calls. Forever."

Are you trying to be sarcastic?

The NSA has been recording and storing citizen data for over 2 decades (actually more). Hell, look up your address on Google StreetView. The NSA is WAY ahead of Google in their data mashups. I know. I have held executive positions at 2 "big brother" data companies, and the NSA is 1,000,000 times more active in data mining and analytics.