Thanks for your response. I'd question whether the American people having given the NSA those powers - it's more like: Lawyers working for the NSA have deemed

Thanks for your response. I'd question whether the American people having given the NSA those powers - it's more like: Lawyers working for the NSA have deemed certain methods of data collection as being in accordance with US law, as voted for by elected officials within the context of a not great two-party democracy.