Judge Napolitano To Shep Smith: NSA Leaker An ‘American Hero’ Who Exposed ‘Extraordinary Violations’

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9. Part of me is indignant...

Part of me thinks 'holy crap, somebody could blow up an entire city'...and we need to prevent it.

I heard an interview with Senator Feinstein...and if I believe her, I am 'ok' with the telephone 'metadata'. As she described it, its essentially throwing all this information in a box, in case its needed later...and only after a FISA warrant is issued, is it accessed. I'm ok with that....if I believe her.

The more disturbing to me is this PRISM. As I understand it, the same technology that gives me tire ads for a week after I e-mail somebody and tell them I'm looking to buy tires, is at play here...except it spans all platforms, from Google to Facebook...and it is saved for a very long time...and they didn't rely on my just clicking through some Facebook TOS to give permission...they just took permission.

That technology gives me pause. What if somebody determines that the term 'OWS' should throw up a flag...what are the implications of that? And who decides what words and phrases get extra scrutiny?

I have a feeling that this is an enormously useful tool, since Facebook and Youtube have an international user base...that vast majority of online terrorism plots probably filter through servers in the US at some point. So it is very useful...but at what price?