It was pretty obvious that's why they were doing it. The FISA Amendments Act is also much worse than the 215 section of the Patriot Act - or the Executive Order 12333, which is even less talked about.
That doesn't mean the call records issue wasn't important. After all, they pick their torture and drone assassination targets based on that alone, in many cases. But considering the Internet is such a big part of everyone's lives these days, I think NSA getting a firehose from the big carriers and cable providers is a bigger deal, yet I've heard very little talk about denying NSA access to the undersea cables.
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It was pretty obvious that's why they were doing it. The FISA Amendments Act is also much worse than the 215 section of the Patriot Act - or the Executive Order 12333, which is even less talked about.
That doesn't mean the call records issue wasn't important. After all, they pick their torture and drone assassination targets based on that alone, in many cases. But considering the Internet is such a big part of everyone's lives these days, I think NSA getting a firehose from the big carriers and cable providers is a bigger deal, yet I've heard very little talk about denying NSA access to the undersea cables.