What struck me reading this passage is that the NSA defines "collect" as manually searching for materials that have already been stored in a massive database.

What struck me reading this passage is that the NSA defines "collect" as manually searching for materials that have already been stored in a massive database. If we read the report in this light, it suggests that either the FISA court has explicitly ruled that such mass storage is illegal and the NSA is thus engaged in willful violation of its judicial oversight, OR "collect" really means "search" and this is evidence of mass deceit of Congress and the American people by James Clapper and other NSA officials who have testified to the contrary before Congress.