> get the US populous to accept this whole surveillance state, and to get congress to fully legitimize these surveillance operations... that does, frankly, see

> get the US populous to accept this whole surveillance state, and to get congress to fully legitimize these surveillance operations... that does, frankly, seem the most likely outcome of all this, specific orchestrations aside. no one really has the stomach to roll back the security state, so after a good catharsis, these programs will get legitimized, we'll accept pervasive surveillance as the new normal, and adjust our lives accordingly.