Man, you have a real beef with the IC. I can't help but wonder if you're equally upset with Google, Amazon, etc. who have collected 100x the data on you.
Nope. That's absolutely NOT what I said. My exact quote was, "Furthermore, the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. cannot just "collect" information on U.S. citizens either."
What I said is a 100% factual statement. There are laws, procedures, and protocols in place; more so now than any time in history, to prevent that (from being conducted illegally). It doesn't mean that crimes cannot be committed, though. Do you think the CIA committed a crime on January 6th? If so, what crime did they commit and what evidence do you have of such crime.
BTW, COMINT and SIGINT collection today is nothing like what it was in 2006 and prior. You have no idea what it takes to put a U.S. person or a person within the U.S. on task. Zero.
Yes, I was an Intelligence Analyst for the Air Force and NSA cumulatively for 27 years.