I'm a firm believer in the lack of competency in all things governmental. The government is terrible at domestic spying. "Grab everything and look for interest

I'm a firm believer in the lack of competency in all things governmental. The government is terrible at domestic spying. "Grab everything and look for interesting stuff" is a terrible way to do it - expensive, complex to whole new levels of complexity, and the miniscule amount of data you actually seek is lost in the deluge of noise of all the data you don't need. The only thing the government is any good at is ensuring that government retains the power it needs to stay governing.