Shifting sand
Its been over a year, but I recall the nsa/gov shifting data storage for phone calls to the telecoms. Made the telecoms very unhappy to have to start storing all the data, but I expect they got help to do that - from experienced agents.
It's all misdirection and BS, they don't have to house the data, and still have full access. Maybe even better for them to use the private sector to keep the consumers under thumb. Google, telecoms, software companies like RSA. No wonder the US gov is so paranoid about private sector in RU and China, they know how much they get away with at home.