@KimZetter The document describes PRISM as “collection directly from the servers of these US service providers”. Source says the same.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 8, 2013

Allow me to quote from the NSA document we just published defining PRISM: “COLLECTION DIRECTLY FROM THE SERVERS” http://t.co/6EW3ecMEhu

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 8, 2013

Just one more time: NSA on PRISM: “Collection directly from the servers of these US service providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook..”

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 8, 2013

@hblodget It means what it says: that they can take things directly from the servers of those companies. What else could it mean?

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 9, 2013