I’ve sat in on wiretaps. When you’re ‘read in’ you’re given specific instructions on how to determine if something is “pertinent” or “non pertinent”. It ain’t easy and it’s done in real time. Meaning, that you have to decide, within an allotted time frame, if the conversation is relevant to the investigation. If not, you hit the button and stop recording. If so, then record all you want.
Things may have changed since then and it may be different when talking about terrorism stop, rather than some hoodrat selling coke, but I was told that recording non-pertinent material was a YUGE, NO-NO. These people are such scum of the earth.
Now, everything Possible is recorded. Accessing, using, and personally identifying is where the decisions are made.
The intel heads, clapper, comey, and Brennan at least are in trouble over this.
Ifair- clapper said under oath that there was no surveillance to his knowledge, and that he was in a position to know.
There is lots of lying under oath going on!