Thanks. I was reading the semicolon as a list separator (like a comma), not a sentence separator (like a full stop / period). The use of a lower-case "and" afte

Thanks. I was reading the semicolon as a list separator (like a comma), not a sentence separator (like a full stop / period). The use of a lower-case "and" after the semi-colon pushed me in that direction. It looks pretty conclusively like I was wrong. I have updated my comment. +1 from me for a senator to disclose the government's lies, then, so there can be an informed debate about the costs and benefits of mass surveillance.