Was it some high level official? An intern?
I can imagine this dialogue taking place:
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(Two bureaucrat monkeys. They just got back from lunch from cafeteria at Ft. Meade. Their tummies are bit heavy with greasy hamburgers. Settling in to finish their day before 2pm. One last thing needs to be done -- deciding on this PRISM non-compliance issue)
M0: What if they don't comply?
M1: We'll punish them!
M0: How?
M1: Well...we'll make them pay.
M0: How much?
M1: [Puts pinkie finger to the corner of his mouth] Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a day!
M0: Great idea, M1
(They wrap up before clock hits 2pm. Get in their cars. One goes to pick up kids from soccer practice. Other drives straight home, to his bachelor-pad apartment in College Park, MD).
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Wonder what and how the people who generated and viewed this documents feel about them being on the front page of news sites. I can only hope they feel a tiny bit violated and betrayed. Kind of like when someone breaks in and steals your things. Or violates your privacy.