All this in the name of security. Hard to fathom.
Security only applies to you & me, not to Obama. That is the real story. Peons get put through the ringer, while Obama flaunts any & every rule & law that suits his fancy.
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/30/19781508-government-can-grab-cell-phone-location-records-without-warrant-appeals-court-says?lite
A key basis for the ruling: The use of cell phones is "entirely voluntarily" and therefore individuals who use them have forfeited the right to constitutional protection for records showing where they have been used, the court held.