Yeah, I just got an email from her that said: > First, please be assured that the NSA does not conduct mass surveillance on U.S. citizens. Its mission is to c

Yeah, I just got an email from her that said: > First, please be assured that the NSA does not conduct mass surveillance on U.S. citizens. Its mission is to collect foreign signals intelligence to detect foreign national security threats. Stating the mission as a rationalization to deflect accusations is just silly. Frankly, I see little difference between the two agencies. They clearly are doing whatever the hell they want with our data.