Freewill
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It would be nice to think that the ACLU is a non-partisan watchdog but like their concern about the drone program this too will be dropped by the ACLU. They, much like Unions, know no other teat to suckle.
Why Government Access to Metadata is More Than a 'Modest Encroachment' on Privacy | American Civil Liberties Union
Metadata is back in the news, following The Guardian's extraordinary revelation on Wednesday revealing that the National Security Agency has been secretly scooping up the phone records of millions of Americans. But intelligence officials echoed by President Obama today, who characterized access to metadata a "modest encroachment" on privacy are implying that the information they're collecting is relatively innocuous, since they don't listen in on the actual phone conversations.
In an op-ed for Reuters, Ben Wizner and I explain why government access to metadata which reveals whom you talked to, from where, and for how long is a gross privacy invasion:
Why Government Access to Metadata is More Than a 'Modest Encroachment' on Privacy | American Civil Liberties Union
Metadata is back in the news, following The Guardian's extraordinary revelation on Wednesday revealing that the National Security Agency has been secretly scooping up the phone records of millions of Americans. But intelligence officials echoed by President Obama today, who characterized access to metadata a "modest encroachment" on privacy are implying that the information they're collecting is relatively innocuous, since they don't listen in on the actual phone conversations.
In an op-ed for Reuters, Ben Wizner and I explain why government access to metadata which reveals whom you talked to, from where, and for how long is a gross privacy invasion:
