This is correct, however in theory the NSA is not allowed to spy (let's not argue about "wittingly" here, I get it) on American citizens without FISA or 702 app

This is correct, however in theory the NSA is not allowed to spy (let's not argue about "wittingly" here, I get it) on American citizens without FISA or 702 approval: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/scope-standards-and-protections-compared/ https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/scope-standards-and-prot... So if they did not know you were an American through your identifiers, they could intercept foreign traffic. However, once they identified you they would need to stop unless the above exceptions were met. IN THEORY. Exceptions have occurred, the most egregious that I can think of is that the FBI has NO ACCOUNTING WHATSOEVER of how many agents accessed the 702 database: https://www.justsecurity.org/66622/how-to-address-newly-revealed-abuses-of-section-702-surveillance/ https://www.justsecurity.org/66622/how-to-address-newly-reve...