Nada thinga. Not for the phrase in qoutes. Since nobody has ever yet entered that specific phrase into the google search data base then I claim bragging rights for the origination of the phrase and the first ever to use it on the web. It seemed so easy to pick this extremely low hanging fruit that nobody ever thought to express. Must be a complex thought.
It seems like a simple enough phrase that someone with some degree of curiosity and imagination might have simply wondered what might be done by the NSA with that information. What thing beyond getting bad guy terrorists which is the sole purpose objective of doing it.
Hmm...terrorists are murderers. Bad guys. Not all murderers are terrorists. Non-state, foreign terrorists have killed how many Americans in the USA this year? They destroyed how much American property in attacks/
About 15,000 Americans were murdered last year.
How many were captured? Convicted?
Americans love murder mysteries. Murder is a popular cultural entertainment subject. In real life and death murders are crimes to be solved. Clues lead to apprehension. Some cases are easier than others when there is a solid clue combined with some unique aspect of the crime.
Murder victims are discovered somewhere maybe dumped away from the scene of the crime.. This google search link will take you to today's news reports of "body discovered".
For example: A body discovered in a more or less remote or infrequently visited area.
If the NSA tracks cell phone location then it has geo location and time data. That is meta data. Data about data. Not any conversation.
Take the location the body was discovered and search the geo/time cell tracking data base and as easy as a google search the results pop out if the perp (we can all talk police talk because we watch so much crime in the media) had a cell phone they just incriminated their self rather seriously! At least they had some explaining to do. Perhaps their dog swallowed their cell phone or they lost it. Circumstantial evidence. But in the case of a serial killer then it becomes convincing.
The NSA can, I am sure, do this. They could do it for any serious crime. They could pass the information to police authorities. Give authorities access to the geo/time cell phone tracking data base. (Keys to the kingdom...yea, sure)
The NSA can do that but they don't. It would reveal that they have the ability to do it. That is called secret sources and methods that cannot be revealed. But...we all know it. But it is secret so we are not supposed to and besides it would incriminate the NSA. I suppose they have the right to remain silent.
The info, good intelligence info, is there to identify suspects. That is why it is collected. To be used after the fact of a crime to discover who did it. All information all the time gives all the answers to all future questions.
The NSA would pull itself out of a PR hole by showing how effective it is at identifying serious criminals through intelligence gathering. Then only criminals would not have cell phones. Criminals are often not very smart. Might justify our giving up more freedom to really catch some bad guys. We gave up enough to catch none. Why not more to catch more than none? Logic?
Look at this link to today's news the old "routine traffic stop" trick. You will find it in the news any day that you look. When will that become a worn out joke? Seems to have a long run. Funny how many other things are found. Must be serendipity! Nobody has to know that the NSA can do it. Except police agencies and they are not telling. Criminals are not that smart.
Cell phone ownership is contractual. A contract has to be agreed to by the owner/user. Just put it in the contract that the user accepts the conditions of meta-data usage recording and retention. The government must observe civil rights. Companies do not. The government has already gotten the cooperation of business in its spying. If the government simply makes an offer they can't refuse then it is done.
So you don't want a cell phone and be monitored?
It is a free country.
Don't have one.
It is like businesses that have video cameras. Don't want to be in the video? Don't shop there. Freedom of choice. Don't want to be on a traffic cam or have your license plate read by an automatic reader? Don't drive a car. It is a privilege, not a right. Don't want your house to be seen on google street view? To late.
Want the NSA to help find murderers and other real domestic bad guys through intelligence gathering? They are already invading privacy and will never stop. We cannot stop it. It is a police state. We do not have the power to do that. Might as well have the NSA do something useful with it rather than chasing terrorists they never catch.
What do you have to hide if you are an honest citizen? A real American for truth, justice and the American Way?
Perhaps this news link is the new "routine traffic stop: excuse:
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