I first read about this on the Floor-9 Blog and then followed the links in the body…
Apparantley, all of the talk about domestic wiretaps being used only for Al Quaeda suspects was all–surprise!–bullshit.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/11/nsa.phonerecords/index.html
The Gov has been compiling a database of EVERY SINGLE PHONE CALL made within the United States.
So much for being discreet on the phone, eh?
