Thursday, June 27, 2013

What Am I Missing?

"NSA was authorized to acquire telephony and internet metadata for communications with at least one communicant outside the United States or for which no communicant was known to be a citizen of the United States," the draft report states.

  Glenn Greenwald
Look at that last part: “or for which no communicant was known to be a citizen of the United States.” Isn’t that just about anyone and everyone? If I send an email to my next door neighbor, there is nothing in its metadata that tells you my citizenship status. Therefore, you can say that neither of us – me or my neighbor – involved in the email transaction is known to be a citizen of the US, and therefore, fair game. Right?

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