You are right, it would take a few more but my point was more that the amount of data is entirely within the scope of NSA et al. In fact, it was somewhat arbitrary to say two points a minute, reality is once every two minutes is enough to have a very good idea where somebody is or has gone to.
Why would they want this data? Because they want to be able to not just track in real time 'persons of interest' but also to recreate past movements to establish associations.
As to the difficulty (if any) for the major telecoms to provide such a feed - chump change to the NSA to assist in that matter, just like regular law enforcement pays for wiretaps.
Why would they want this data? Because they want to be able to not just track in real time 'persons of interest' but also to recreate past movements to establish associations.
As to the difficulty (if any) for the major telecoms to provide such a feed - chump change to the NSA to assist in that matter, just like regular law enforcement pays for wiretaps.