Writes Bionic Mosquito:

Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border.

Nothing more than a secret justice department memo to get another spying
program off of the ground.

I think we can describe the NSA-related events of the last week as: one step
backward (Rand’s stand) followed by one (or more, who really knows) step
backward….