> ...and the use of queries to search for the communications of specific U.S. persons within the information that has been collected. So it seems that they are

> ...and the use of queries to search for the communications of specific U.S. persons within the information that has been collected. So it seems that they are collecting everything, then getting a warrant to search through that collected data for the target. Why don't they need a warrant to collect the data in the first place? Seriously, I'd like a straight answer.