and to do that, they, the nsa specifically targets the communications of everyone. it ingests them by default. it collects them in its system and it filters them and it analyzes them and it measures them and it stores them for periods of time simply because that's the easiest, most efficient and most valuable way to achieve these ends. so while they may be intending to target someone associated with a foreign government, or someone that they suspect of terrorism, they're collecting your communications to do so. any analysts at any time can target anyone. any selector anywhere. where those communications will be picked up depends on the range of the censor networks and the authorities that analyst is em poupowered with. not all analysts have the ability to target everything. i sitting at my desk had the authorities to wiretap anyone from you, your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the president if i had a personal