[Eagle of Liberty]

The fact that we could not catch the Tsarnev Brothers

To me, it isn't that perhaps these programs were not picking up info that could be useful in stopping people such as the Tsarnev Brothers. It is the fact that we were being warned about these brothers and IGNORED those warnings. Meanwhile, the American populace's digital data is being stored en masse for future use. IOW, the programs are not being used for their supposed intent.

[Norseman]

>>Meanwhile, the American populace’s digital data is being stored en masse for future use.<<

And, as the IRS scandal has amply demonstrated, it will be put to future use.

So many idiots, on hearing of this sort of surveillance, say something like, “Hey, if you’re not doing anything wrong, what have you got to worry about?”

Well, the groups harassed by the IRS were not doing anything wrong. How hard is it to connect these dots? I don’t call people idiots routinely, but the people with their heads in the sand over surveillance are exactly that, idiots, blooming idiots.

Unfortunately, they can also vote, and did.