So based upon this how do we answer the treason party's accusation that the administration did not connect the dots prior to 9/11 and now they and you are telling us to not even collect the dots. Of the number of things I know the government is doing wrong, this does not even register a blip on the former US Constitutional rights violation meter.
Under cover by the MSM, the treason party can attack the right from any side of an issue and in some cases like this both sides of an issue at the same time.
Before I would worry about collecting phone number A called rag head number B 10 times just before something blew up, I would worry about that former 4 amendment when I go to the airport, bus station, government building, etc.
Sorry, but the fact that the Dems are political hatchet men does not therefore free up the Bush Admin to collect that kind of data without a subpeona. And the problems with connecting the dots pre-9/11 had less to do with not having enough information and much more to do with the fact that the government couldn't adequately work with the information it had. So in that instance, more information is not the answer, above and beyond the issues with probable cause.