NSA Dep. Director Lowell Quotes in Snowden (2016)

Edward Snowden: So, this is data collection for the month of March worldwide, emails and Skype calls. So France, 70 million. Germany, 500 million. Brazil, two billion. Inside the U.S., 3.1 billion emails and calls. That's not including any of the telecom company data.

NSA Dep. Director Lowell: Okay, so what's the collection in Russia?

Edward Snowden: Russia is 1.5 billion.

NSA Dep. Director Lowell: Wait, so we're collecting twice as much in the U.S. as we are in Russia?