> why they aren't just including everyone They are. At least, that's my takeaway from the Snowden revelations. They are just using various and overlapping ju

> why they aren't just including everyone They are. At least, that's my takeaway from the Snowden revelations. They are just using various and overlapping justifications for it, e.g., Schneier's notion of robustness of NSA surveillance programs [0]. The NSA's goal is to collect everything from everyone. Therefore, they want to use the broadest and most expensive justifications and criteria for collection. [0] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/01/how_the_nsa_thr.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/01/how_the_nsa_t...