There's no speculation on the UK. We know the GCHQ does this. Of course they generate quite a bit less traffic than the USA, given their smaller population. We

There's no speculation on the UK. We know the GCHQ does this. Of course they generate quite a bit less traffic than the USA, given their smaller population. We don't know whether the NSA does "Full Take" today. That's speculation. I would be astonished if they didn't, and it is reasonable to behave as if they do. It's possible, it was possible 4 years ago, and storage is not getting _more_ expensive over time.