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As if they trully only collect on foreigners and the other stuff is "accidental". That's for small children who also believe in Santa.

The US Americans also need to decide if they would monitor the world-wide Internet traffic and other communication channels full-scale.

If so, the US will have less influence, less mindshare, less business.

The US will have the fate of an empire few need and which is not sufficiently funded: morally and financially.

The topic now however is lying and misleading the public on unconstitutional acts by the highest members of the government who formally are supposed to protect the mentioned constitution, not the possible technological problems of executing some specific spying actions and protecting the constitution at the same time.