- "...without having broken any laws, due to fears of future abuse..."

Well, how did those predictions of the future perform?

- "The Chinese government espionage campaign that has deeply penetrated more than a dozen U.S. telecommunications companies is the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history — by far,” a senior U.S. senator told The Washington Post in an interview this week."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/21/...