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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/nsa-smith-purse-snatching/
It began as an ordinary purse snatching. The court wrangling that followed set the binding precedent for what we now call metadata surveillance. In particular, it’s the keystone of the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of U.S.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/nsa-smith-purse-snatching/