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Also, given the name "PRISM," isn't it pretty obvious how this program worked? Think about it... What does a prism do?

It's obvious a spy agency isn't trying to communicate how their program works to everyone who stumbles across their codename.



They always seem to love clever acronyms that are tangentially related to whatever it deals with, like USAPATRIOT Act is actually about how to not be a good US patriot.




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