You'd think any of them with a brain would have twigged that collecting all this data is completely stupid because it is so dangerous. Of course it will get in

You'd think any of them with a brain would have twigged that collecting all this data is completely stupid because it is so dangerous. Of course it will get in the wrong hands sooner or later. If they are collecting enough data to make files on everybody, organised crime would have a field day nobbling juries, and blackmailing businesses and law enforcement for a start (let alone the political ramifications of foreign services and bad actors being able to pressure those in positions of influence). When you think about it, this kind of data collection is completely antithetical to national security.