Is it a $1 Trillion to support NSA to gather info on ALL of us, when in fact, that system hasn’t netted or stopped even one terrorist or terrorist attack?
If that’s true, then I think $1 Trillion is much better SAVED & taken off the borrowing sheet and printing press.
I believe your statement is a complete overstatement of how intelligence actually works. I'll use the killing of Bin Laden as an example. There were literally thousands of bits and pieces of information that were used to finally find and kill him. Look at how the identity of his courier was found which ultimately led to finding Bin Laden. It was "electronics and phone tracking" that led to the courier, along with a highly skilled and dedicated intelligence community. Intelligence is usually not a single smoking gun, but rather a lot of information, hard work and dedication.