PRISM

[Lamplighter]

<snip>I do object to any unauthorized individual deciding
for everyone else that subverting a security measure implemented
to protect them is what's best for them....

Being an informed adult a quarter-century ago means that the
"Pentagon Papers" would be well known to you, and since then
you would have recognized the impact the events had on governmental policy.

In my opinion, the publication brought about the end of the war in Viet Nam,
demonstrating that an altruistic insider, such as Daniel Ellesberg,
can make better decisions than those technically assigned to
carry out governmental intentions.

Ellsberg was wrong legally, but it made little difference,
and that's the problem with trying to distinguish differences
between "data gathering" and "intelligence accumulation".