Monday, June 17, 2013

Squirming

Update on the Nadler story:
Since the scandal broke, Nadler has walked back his comments in a statement. "I am pleased that the administration has reiterated that, as I have always believed, the NSA cannot listen to the content of Americans’ phone calls without a specific warrant," the New York Democrat told Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski.

  Yahoo
Perhaps, legally, you mean. Otherwise at any rate, the government can collect any of the information without warrants and hold it until it decides to request a specific warrant to look at it. And I assume that means the government can record the content of your phone calls and stash it.   And, even in the unlikely event that is untrue, it is definitely true that the government has been collecting the metadata on calls, which can tell them who you are, who you call and who they call. This business about not knowing exactly what you are saying is meaningless distraction.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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