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In reply to the discussion: What we have here ... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Verizon (the corporation named so far in the leaks) COLLECTING AND STORING PHONE DATA, numbers, numbers called, time of calls, place of calls made and to who is at the other end.
They claimed to have a warrant to do this. Why would they need a warrant for something that is easily accessible if they had no intention of using the information? And what court would issue a warrant for data on Americans making calls? The FISA Court cannot issue warrants for domestic intelligence.
The president has confirmed these facts, stating that we have nothing to worry about. Well, I am worried, sorry. If there is no purpose to this, then why are they wasting our tax dollars, billions of them, collecting this information?
You may be willing to trust a bunch of Republican Corporations with your 'phone data'. I am not, I did not trust Republicans when they were doing this before, and now they are doing it again, only on a larger scale, I trust them even less.
Obama may trust Republicans, apparently he does, he has appointed so many of them to powerful positions in his cabinet after we threw them out. That is his business, they still hate him, so I have no idea why he still trusts them, but WE Democrats do not trust them and their Security Corporations with our phone data.
Is that understandable to you now? We know what they are doing and we want to know what probable cause they used to get this warrant. What wrong doing are millions of Verizon customers suspected of? We have a right to know this. And there will be lawsuits by millions of people to find out if the Government doesn't explain it themselves.