This is meaningless. We all know what they think 'collecting' means in the first place. The NSA can't have rational debate or even defend themselves at this poi

This is meaningless. We all know what they think 'collecting' means in the first place. The NSA can't have rational debate or even defend themselves at this point, because they broke (in grand fashion, in front of fucking Congress) the Golden Rule of human discourse, which is that words fucking mean things. The only sensible thing is to burn it down and start over. Second step optional.