Truth behind Snowden's claims about tracking Americans

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◼ What spying apologists don’t tell you about “thwarted plots” - MARCY WHEELER/Salon

...At the very least, the fuzzy cases Feinstein and Clapper are boasting about demonstrate the need for far more transparency on these tools. If they’re justifying a gross incursion on American privacy, in part because they helped track down an informant our intelligence services lost track of — and created false positives based on hair bleach purchases — then we need to seriously reconsider their use.