epsd101

You said somewhere here that you want to tell a story - a narrative - on The Big Picture. With that goal in mind, how do you decide upon the order of the pictures? Are there criteria that apply for all stories, or does it change from story to story?

P.S. You're doing a great job! Keep up the good work.

NSA officials have said on the record that dragnet telephone metadata collection does not invade privacy, but is also essential to the agency's investigations. In other words, it's not a big deal, but is also crucial.

Why do you believe the NSA wants/needs access to metadata on millions of innocent people?