It's most definitely #2. The FISA Amendments Act, which enables much of both foreign, but also domestic "backdoor" mass surveillance, needs to be renewed this

It's most definitely #2. The FISA Amendments Act, which enables much of both foreign, but also domestic "backdoor" mass surveillance, needs to be renewed this year. You'll be hearing a lot more about how "useful" mass surveillance is this year because of that. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/senator-ron-wyden-mark-udall-nsa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/senator-ron-wy... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/way-nsa-uses-section-702-deeply-troubling-heres-why https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/way-nsa-uses-section-7...