We have literally no reason to believe that they are doing a database dump. And I'll also refer you to point 3 again- if all they're getting is database dumps(e

We have literally no reason to believe that they are doing a database dump. And I'll also refer you to point 3 again- if all they're getting is database dumps(even if daily), why are the claims so much more? I also have a hard time believing they're getting DB dumps, even so- Facebook alone would be a DB dump at an insane scale. Unless they're only taking in textual data, which of course could be a lot more manageable. I also have to wonder what one of the slides means(and maybe this is an opportunity for someone to enlighten me): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prism_slide_5.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prism_slide_5.jpg What is it referring to as the 'cost' being $20m a year? There's no way that could be the total program cost- that'd barely employ the engineers required to build out the system, let alone the data scientists, analysts, and more that would have to support the system. Nor could it count for hardware costs. So then in that case, is it an advertising packet for other agencies to hop on? Only $20m to have access to their firehose? Genuinely curious here if anyone's figured this one out.