"These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power."

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Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.

— Richard M. Nixon