Wow! That must’ve been a big payoff.
Payoff? Or threats? I have wondered if the GOP is not making noise about the illegality of Obama’s decrees because the purpose of the NSA’s early work during his administration was to collect enough dirt on the GOP to immobilize them while he sets up his reign. It might mean he has dirt on almost every GOP or it might mean he got enough dirt on enough GOP that he threatens the party as well as the individual. The “dirt” doesn’t have to be true. If the NSA has the access it does, it’s almost impossible to refute planted evidence. But sadly, I think it’s dirt on an individual basis - as if most congresscritters are unethical.