>The entity that’s conducting the most extreme and far-reaching surveillance against most of the world’s communications—the National Security Agency—is bound by United States law.

This seems clearly wrong -- when people like clapper can essentially lie under oath to congress and not suffer any legal consequences it is rather dubious to claim the NSA is bound by US law. There are increasingly 'secret' courts, 'secret' laws, 'secret' budgets, 'secret' legal memos, etc etc, why would you begin your game plan with stating something so clearly incorrect. The reason we know much about what is happening is because of whistle blowers, and much of these people are either in hiding, on the run, dead, or being jailed by the US government. The eff is out of touch with reality if they truly believe the NSA is beholden to the law instead of those controlling and using it as they see fit.