The left in this country is a huge problem, but Dead-eye Dick is the MF who put the deep state on steroids.
Big brother is watching you. So? Give him the finger.
Do NOT give any credit whatsoever for whyden having posed the question (which accomplishes absolutely nothing).
The leftist absentee senator needs to catch an STD which causes his head to fall off.
There’s no Appendix B attached...
This is not new. When I worked for AT&T it was openly known that down the hall behind the big, steel door were all the servers that copied all telecons.
ALL.
Nothing illegal. Since all telecons were digitized they have to be broken up into bits and thrown across the distribution system so that they can be collected and re-assembled in order just before you hear the words. That is how digitization has always worked. Analog was different.
So, in the midst of all that parceling out and distribution a copy of every bit is squirreled away. Just in case, y’know. :)
9/11 had nothing to do with it. Well, after 9/11 the Gov’mt paid for it, OK. But, it happened way before 9/11.
If it can be done it will be done, perhaps we are told about it. Perhaps we will be told it is ended. It will not be ended regardless of new laws or declarations.