They claimed 52 or 53 at first, then lowered that number to 1.
Then to zero.
There is no evidence whatsoever that this dragnet surveillance has been useful in any way whatsoever in fighting terrorism.
I think you might also be seriously overestimating how many people actually want to attack the US. Terrorists have more or less become a boogeyman at this point, the chances of anyone in the west experiencing a terrorist attack are so ridiculously small.
They claimed 52 or 53 at first, then lowered that number to 1.
Then to zero.
There is no evidence whatsoever that this dragnet surveillance has been useful in any way whatsoever in fighting terrorism.
I think you might also be seriously overestimating how many people actually want to attack the US. Terrorists have more or less become a boogeyman at this point, the chances of anyone in the west experiencing a terrorist attack are so ridiculously small.