Hi Arthurus,
Just for the record, I’m NOT with Sen. Paul on this one.
I have no problem with the NSA recording my phone number, since it’s ALREADY recorded in the white pages of my phone book!
I know. I know. Sen. Paul says he is worried that someone at the NSA could match my phone number with, say, my ophthalmologist’s phone number and conclude that I wear glasses.
Well, duh...
Anyone who wants to steal and analyze my garbage could learn a lot more about me.
More important to me is the question, if Sen. Paul is elected President, what is his plan to close our border?
Actually it doesn't matter a hell of a lot as to how we feel about the collection of data because it is the nature of technology that if something can be done and it enhances a government agency's power, it will be done regardless of the law. Making it illegal will not stop it. It will, however, make it more difficulat for the government to use the information against a citizen in court. The Agency collects a lot more than just the metadata.
Your observations are much, much too logical and reasonable.
I suspect they would been most strongly embraced by the some 3000 souls slain in the space of two hours by Islamic terrorists using weapons of mass destruction—commercial aircraft filled with fuel—on 9/11.
Odd that that far-away and long-ago “incident” isn’t mentioned on this thread. Nor by Sen. Rand.