No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A. - NYTimes.com

No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A. - NYTimes.com

 President Obama and top intelligence officials have defended the N.S.A.'s role in preventing terrorist attacks. But as documents obtained by The New York Times make clear, the "focus on counterterrorism is a misleadingly narrow sales pitch for an agency with an almost unlimited agenda," writes Scott Shane.