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[Edward Snowden] More detail on how direct NSA's accesses are is coming, but in general, the reality is this: if an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA, etc analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want. Phone number, email, user id, cell phone handset id (IMEI), and so on - it's all the same. The restrictions against this are policy based, not technically based, and can change at any time. Additionally, audits are cursory, incomplete, and easily fooled by fake justifications. For at least GCHQ, the number of audited queries is only 5% of those performed. [Really Take] Confusing and from me it means direct access means direct access to a database that has retrieved information from different sources. Unless the SIGINT database has joins from all servers housed in different sources. In end doesn't matter as power point presentation says direct access not him [Question] 
Define in as much detail as you can what "direct access" means.
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