Astounding admission by NSA’s former Director Michael Hayden.
“We kill people based on metadata.”
This means the US government can (totally illegally and immorally) kill you – without even listening to your phone calls, reading your email or your mail.
“[Collecting Metadata is] not a surveillance program, it’s a data-collection program,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said while appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Talking to reporters while trying to get support for her outrageous Patriot Act update —
So I’ll echo TechDirt’s perfect ripost —
“Since metadata is no big deal and it’s not surveillance, when will Senator Feinstein release all of the metadata on all of the phone calls to and from all or her various offices, mobile phones and home phones?”
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References:
Senator Feinstein Finally Finds Surveillance To Get Angry About: When It Happened To Her Staffers
NSA Director Michael Hayden Gleefully Admits: We Kill People Based On Metadata
