I am neither. A similar exchange with sneak has happened previously.

It is a frustrating exchange.

The words that have been used attempt to tie two controversial topics together PRISM and FISA. The logic then seems to be that because companies can now report on FISA orders, this means they also willingly participated in PRISM.

What has been said seems to ignore that the FISA reporting by companies shows the number of identities that data has been provided for. PRISM on the other hand looks like a program to collect as much data as possible, regardless of identity.

At this point it is going to just be agree to disagree.

PRISM is targeted surveillance, not bulk - these are the FISA court orders.

Please read Bart Gellman's book, Dark Mirror, on the specifics of the Snowden documents.

Despite being targeted, it is warrantless and is the #1 used source by the IC.