[blaquebyrd]

"Does anyone with more sense than a rock (necessarily excludes Progressives) think for a second that they are building a gigantic data storage site in Utah just to keep the phone number, length of call, etc. metadata information that could easily be stored on a couple large servers? "

Have you served in the ME? ME Savages raise their kids to think of only one divine goal, kill Americans. They are serious, determined and yes as 911 proved successful. Snowden and his American enablers play right into Putins hands. It's disgusting to see Putin praised on Free Republic.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

ME Savages raise their kids to think of only one divine goal, kill Americans. They are serious, determined and yes as 911 proved successful. Snowden and his American enablers play right into Putins hands. It's disgusting to see Putin praised on Free Republic.

Maine Savage?

I though Putin was a Russian.

[OneWingedShark]

Have you served in the ME? ME Savages raise their kids to think of only one divine goal, kill Americans. They are serious, determined and yes as 911 proved successful. Snowden and his American enablers play right into Putins hands. It's disgusting to see Putin praised on Free Republic.

I have, and you know something — I can respect what Snowden did.
The oath all military men take (you, me, & him) is to the Constitution. Period.
If the government is violating the Constitution then they are breaking the law.
And if they break the law, why should the law protect them? Indeed, can the law legitimately protect unlawful activity?

[RetiredTexasVet]

I would agree with you if they were collecting “only” foreign calls, emails, financial transactions, purchases, etc. which could easily be and rightly obtained with a search warrant. Additionally, you would possibly need ten large servers at the most to store the data collected. The same false sense of trust brought the Russians 75 years of hell, the US CommieCare, Argentina communism and bankruptcy, etc. The security game isn’t an “all or nothing”, you can pick and choose what is legal and what works.