Stewart Baker, former general counsel of the NSA, posted about this "collection-first model" last week on the Volokh conspiracy. To his credit, he did describe

Stewart Baker, former general counsel of the NSA, posted about this "collection-first model" last week on the Volokh conspiracy. To his credit, he did describe the gathering of the data as collection; but his underlying point was that the government is taking the approach of collecting it all and putting restrictions on use. Of course, he thinks that's on balance a good thing ... http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/07/minimization-and-the-collection-first-surveillance-model/ http://www.volokh.com/2013/06/07/minimization-and-the-collec...