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I doubt they have the computing power or the tools to decypher more complex algorithms, the sheer amount of encrypted data seems to big. occams razor would dictate they are just storing vast amounts of data, maybe mapping communications (eg. mails from afghanistan to the us, etc) and then bruteforcing some of the really interesting stuff. it's not like a us government agency can suddenly leapfrog decades of research in encryption.



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