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Some people are saying that the new slide just revealed [1] using the phrase "direct collection" is somehow a smoking gun but it is clear that the context of the slide shows it is for a non-technical audience of analysts (i.e. you should use both) and is contrasting "direct" with passive collection.

Of course, it could be that Google and everyone else is just lying for no reason at all and people who have talked about PRISM to marc and others in the media are spreading disinformation but I doubt it.

1: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/343421926057861121



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