IT APPEARS THAT GOVERNMENT POLICY IS TO CONTINUALLY LIE TO US

U.S. District Judge James D. Bates rebuked government lawyers for repeatedly
misrepresenting the operations of the NSA's surveillance programs.
this court is troubled that the government's revelations regarding NSA's acquisition of Internet transactions mark THE third instance in less than three years in which the government has disclosed a substantial misrepresentation regarding the scope of a major collection program," Bates added in a footnoted passage that had portions heavily blacked out.

Bates also complained that the government's submissions make clear that the NSA was gathering .. Internet data YEARS before it was AUTHORIZED by the USA Patriot Act's Section 702 in 2008.