Yes, Feinstein's a hypocrite, BUT . . .

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11. Metadata is data on you that can used against you. That should NOT be minimized!

And I'm not comfortable with them saying that they don't keep the bulk data somewhere that this meta data is pointing to for later browsing, even if initially this data is not "looked at" or parsed when collected. There's a reason why that big spy facility in Utah is spending tons of our money to put in massive amounts of data storage and data servers in place, and I and many here don't believe it is just to go after terrorists or lawbreakers. Clapper lied to us once already in front of congress on what the NSA was doing. That clearly shows that you don't KNOW that they aren't spying on us and lying about it. Pols like Feinstein who's served on the intelligence committees and has campaigned for her buddies in congress to get key security cabinet positions probably have MORE knowledge than you do about what has been going on, and she shows clearly that she didn't even know the extent of their spying, or at least has in the past felt the need to keep quiet about if until now if she did.