We know that just one of the NSA's related programs, Bullrun, had a budget of $250 million a year from 2011. And by their own admission this gave them access to

We know that just one of the NSA's related programs, Bullrun, had a budget of $250 million a year from 2011. And by their own admission this gave them access to "vast amounts of encrypted Internet data which have up till now been discarded are now exploitable". Further, their reports mention much more activity that Snowden did not have clearance for. We don't know the full extent of their activities, but it clearly far surpassed what should be tolerable.