Last I read, these surveillance programs were operating under a “three jump” rule, which means they could access the NSA-recorded data of any person who had spoken to any person (1) who had spoken to any person (2) who had spoken to any person “of interest” (3) to the government. This web includes basically every remotely powerful person on the planet. It’s carte blanch to spy on everyone in the world.

Last I read, these surveillance programs were operating under a “three jump” rule, which means they could access the NSA-recorded data of any person who had spoken to any person (1) who had spoken to any person (2) who had spoken to any person “of interest” (3) to the government. This web included basically every remotely powerful person on the planet. It’s carte blanch to spy on everyone in the world.

Last I read, these surveillance programs were operating under a “three jump” rule, which means they could access the NSA-recorded data of any person (1) who had spoken to any person who had spoken to any person (2) who had spoken to any person “of interest” (3) to the government. This web included basically every remotely powerful person on the planet. It’s carte blanch to spy on everyone in the world.