https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h9RdITk6Fw so first note : snowden mentions some govenment 'study' that proves that surveillance doesn't help catch 'terrists' https://popularresistance.org/independent-review-board-says-nsa-phone-data-p... “We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the telephone records program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation,” bla bla HOWEVER https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/world/privacy-board-backs-nsa-program-tha... "the board said that the 702 program, aimed at foreigners, “has proven valuable in the government’s efforts to combat terrorism as well as in other areas of foreign intelligence.”" So invoking that 'study' seems like are very stupid blunder for snowden to make...