"In a statement, James Clapper [Obama's director of national intelligence, an oxymoronic title if ever there was one] added that "the intelligence community is committed to respecting the civil liberties and privacy of all American citizens." "OK, sorry about that headline; really I am. Although you have to admit it makes about as much sense as Clapper's quote there: More or less none. If snooping on everybody is respecting their privacy, well then pigs are hummingbirds.
More to the point…
"NPR's Dina Temple-Raston said Friday that this is "an early glimpse of how intelligence is going to be collected in the future." What the spy agencies appear to be doing, she said, is gathering up such data and hanging on to it "in anticipation that it might be useful some day.""Also, now, the cops, who have just been given permission by the Supremes to catalog your DNA.
Yes, Bunky, you do have a permanent record and everything is on it.
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