Kevin Drum on NSA Surveillance

Kevin Drum of Mother Jones magazine has done an excellent job of covering the NSA surveillance story.  I have a collection of his posts here.  Omitted are any about Snowdon personally because I do not want to allow that to become a distraction from the real issue.

Kevin Drum series:

The story first breaks
What NSA may be doing w phone records (two useful links)
First report of internet surveillance
WSJ says NSA is also tracking credit cards
Silly aside on the graphics
Why the leak?
Internet program less direct access than a "lock box"
This is consistent with Obama's overall record
What about tracking mail?
Internet sureveillance less than originally reported
Scope of NSA surveillance worldwide
What is on the other slides?
Compared to Baltimore phone booths
Opinion poll
PRISM may be a routine piece of military software
There were 22 briefings. That tells us nothing
Another opinion poll
The usual line -- Obama hasn't abused but what abt his successor
Conflicting rumors from unreliable sources
Polls, by party
Evidence of limited scope
Is which calls to tap a matter of agent discretion?
WaPo history of NSA surveillance programs
Internet metadata
More claims surveillance was limited
Snowdon interview
Breaking the law vs. bad law
Texas and drones
NSA chief gives his side of story to Congress
Plot broken up in Germany, 2006
More opinion polls
Minimization procedures
All tech companies are basically spy companies
More on minimization
Britain does it too
NSA denies tracking movement of cell phone users
NSA claims it has stopped bulk domestic email collection
Evidence NSA is not revealing all
Gov't also tracking letter metadata  (Link.  Tracked mail of former spokesman of the Earth Liberation Front)
Two gigantic NSA revelations:  It may be tracking e-mails and log-ins in real time and recording all telephone conversations.  The link  New power point slides released Greenwald speech Earlier evidence gov't was recording phone calls
Hint about what is going on: NSA is allowed to collect data, but still need authorization to use it.  link  Also expresses concern about the secrecy of the rulings.
Drum suggests about what I suggest