Yes I reading this too. Very interesting. Earlier in the doc, he says:
"...our ability to pull bits out of random places of the Internet, bring them back to the mother-base to evaluate and build intelligence off of is just plain awesome!
(S/SI//REL) One of the coolest things about it is how much data we have at our fingertips. If we only collected the data we knew we wanted...yeah, we'd fill some of our requirements, but this is a whole world of possibilities we'd be missing! It would be like going on a road-trip, but wearing a blindfold the entire time, and only removing it when you're at one of your destinations...yeah, you'll still see stuff, but you'll be missing out on the entire journey!"
They really do have a different view of privacy. Only being giving what you're specifically seeking is like going on a trip with a blindfold on! Well, yes, yes it is!
This, I think, is single most damning piece of evidence regarding NSA culture. From the horse's mouth: they collect as much data as they can, not because they need to, but because it's interesting.
"...our ability to pull bits out of random places of the Internet, bring them back to the mother-base to evaluate and build intelligence off of is just plain awesome!
(S/SI//REL) One of the coolest things about it is how much data we have at our fingertips. If we only collected the data we knew we wanted...yeah, we'd fill some of our requirements, but this is a whole world of possibilities we'd be missing! It would be like going on a road-trip, but wearing a blindfold the entire time, and only removing it when you're at one of your destinations...yeah, you'll still see stuff, but you'll be missing out on the entire journey!"
They really do have a different view of privacy. Only being giving what you're specifically seeking is like going on a trip with a blindfold on! Well, yes, yes it is!