Handbook to extra-constitutional data collection: 1) Do whatever you want 2) Invoke state secrets or national security when questioned on 1 3) Claim in court

Handbook to extra-constitutional data collection: 1) Do whatever you want 2) Invoke state secrets or national security when questioned on 1 3) Claim in court that no one has standing Bonus card, use only once: 4) When a case reaches the supreme court where people notice how you invoked state secrets purely to stymie jurisdictional challenge, lie to the judges [1] (As you see in this decision, which relies on the tainted supreme court decision, you only need the magic card once anyway to establish precedence) After you've used the magic card in step 4, the question naturally occurs how to make use of the information collected. Try parallel construction [2] should whoever you were targeting set foot in a court of justice. The point is to ensure people don't make it there; a hellfire will ensure in due course, US citizen or not, that a lot of paperwork is saved. [1]: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/26/doj-still-ducking-scrutiny/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/26/doj-still-ducking-scruti... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction