If an entity wanted to use malware to counter the hegemonic financial community's ability to impose financial sanctions, the NotPetya ransomware/wiper attack is what it might look like.

NSA doesn't want to be "boxed in" by any technically meaningful definition of the "abouts" collection that has purportedly been prohibited. That suggests they're still doing something that has the same effect as "abouts" collection.

In 2016, FISC denied .5% of all domestic warrant requests. Title III courts denied just .06%.

The NSA denied Rosemary Collyer's accusation that it has an institutional lack of candor. If that's the case, then we're left with two years of spying on Americans that should have been avoided.

In a rare FBI appearance at a 702 hearing, FBI's EAD for NSD, Carl Ghattas explained precisely what the standard is for obtaining raw data: a full investigation.