Very, very few people know the extent of the NSA surveillance program, part of which is called the Terrorist Surveillance Program and the rest of which we call Program X. We’d be dishonest if we suggested to you we knew how it works. But take a look at an interview Julian Sanchez did with former NSA analyst Russell Tice for Reason magazine in January 2006.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180223