Latest big NSA story in the WaPo.

[BlueCheese]

3. Exactly.

First, even if you do suspect someone of a crime, you're supposed to get a warrant.

But according to the article, they may be tracking up to nearly a million people who they don't really suspect of anything.

The article points out that among the things collected are medical records, job applications, pictures of babies, more risque pictures, etc. What gives the government the right to snoop through our most private conversations without cause?

Also, it shows that NSA officials likely lied, or were misinformed, when they claimed that Snowden wouldn't have had access to this kind of data.