I thought it was the dutch government? Or was that just for phone call monitoring.
They might do more world-wide surveillance, but it doesn't mean they are any good at it. Let's see: non-immigrant non-visa-waiver travellers to the US are fingerprinted and have their photos taken at the airports.
This is obviously more effective than simply not giving immigrant or visa-waiver visas to terrorists; after all, terrorists always use their real names and never get access to legitimate travel documents.
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They might do more world-wide surveillance, but it doesn't mean they are any good at it. Let's see: non-immigrant non-visa-waiver travellers to the US are fingerprinted and have their photos taken at the airports.
This is obviously more effective than simply not giving immigrant or visa-waiver visas to terrorists; after all, terrorists always use their real names and never get access to legitimate travel documents.