"“I think everyone is focused too much on this issue of who retains the data…the question is, is a court involved, and what is the standard?” says Michelle Richardson of the ACLU. “If you still allow the NSA to query it and come back with thousands and thousands of records, you’re still doing bulk collection.”"
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