The uptick in FBI queries against U.S. person data under Section 702 is a symptom of a deeper systemic failure—a reliance on a surveillance mechanism fundamentally designed to collect data *about* threats, not to target individuals based on their connections. The plummeting “content” acquisition rate – from 38% to 28% – isn’t just a statistic; it's an indictment of the authority's inherent inefficiency. It suggests that the vast majority of data captured is ultimately irrelevant to the stated g...