In Switzerland, one of his colleagues, a deceptively laidback dude named Gabriel (Ben Schnetzer), shows Edward something he doesnt technically have security clearance for: the CIA program known as XKeyscore. Its essentially a search engine that can take youanywhere. Behind any wall of privacy. But wait a minute, says Edward, what about FISA? Thats the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which dictates the rules of surveillance and says, in essence, that you need a warrant each time you cross one of those walls. Gabriel explains that FISA is a big-ass rubber stamp, because the court that
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