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user-inactivated  ·  4002 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying

But transparency in the form of Snowden is already potentially going to have an impact on what they do. If transparency leads to scaling-back (which it may or may not), is it beyond the realm of possibility that one day the NSA's ability to collect metadata on domestic calls is removed -- that would certainly hurt them.