I don't see how this is new, sadly. Every administration has been doing this — increasingly — since, well, at least since NSA started snooping. They couldn't an

I don't see how this is new, sadly. Every administration has been doing this — increasingly — since, well, at least since NSA started snooping. They couldn't and don't do this alone. They always work with tech companies. Snowden likely only knew about the top of the iceberg. "China is The Enemy" is also old as dirt. The US need something to scare it citizens with. Russia, China, Muslims, communists, homosexuals... This is part of the core beliefs of every US adminitration. It will not change unless something wild happens. 3rd party in power? US being overtaken by most of the world? Invasion from Mars that forces it through....