This is a plot of the NSA programs revealed in the past year
according to whether they are bulk or targeted, and whether the targets
of surveillance are foreign or domestic. Most of the programs fall
squarely into the agency’s stated mission of foreign surveillance, but
some – particularly those that are both domestic and broad-sweeping –
are more controversial.
Just as with the New York Magazine
approval matrix that served as our inspiration, the placement of each program is based on judgments and is approximate.
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