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Basically, I think this is an issue of law. FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, was established in 1978 to address a wide assortment of issues revolving around Watergate, during which a president used foreign intelligence agencies to collect data on U.S. citizens. As part of FISA, the NSA has to get warrants to analyze and maintain collections of data involving U.S. citizens. FISA has withstood all tests until now, and it involves a fundamental aspect of the U.S. Constitution: its system of checks and balances. The FISA law allows NSA to request those warrants up to 72 hours a...