No, I think he's just outlining a fairly obvious point and correcting a myth about the reach of intelligence agencies.. There is far to much hyperbole about their true capabilities ((from press exaggerating and sensationalising it).
I still remember a tale from my youth in the 90's, stating they ran vast underground data centers that could monitor millions of phone calls per-second and listen for certain keywords (which is b*llocks, as we all know voice recognition is barely tolerable now, but it was really sh*t back them)..
Biting the hand that feeds IT
