"Here we practically have an admission that the purpose of the data collection is for retroactive use, once interest is generated in a particular set of data (i.e. person). The notion that our security agencies are looking for a needle in a haystack has always been absurd; the only benefit of collecting "everything" is so that once a person becomes of interest, the government knows everything -- every illicit affair, every off-color email, or anything else that can be used to embarrass or prosecute someone. Knowledge is power, and this is some of the most powerful knowledge possible -- one step short of mind reading. Regardless of whether it is being abused now, it will be. Power always is." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIhHnoP
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