Well, what about the “telephony metadata” you may ask? All that is is a list of phone numbers, which numbers they called and the length. No personal information or content. Even that is a large data set to sort through, so without a key to start the search, it’s mostly just a bunch of numbers. Unless there’s a key, or some reason to track a given number, there’s not much of interest in the rest of it. They don’t care that you called the local Domino’s for delivery. What’s a “key?” It’s a set of terms or values you use to narrow your search. For example, do a Google search for “John Smith.” You’ll get 14,800,000 results. “John Smith” is a “key,” but you still have too many. So unless you know more about the particular John Smith you’re searching for, you’re going to have to page through almost 15 million results to see if you can find who the heck you were looking for.
That's so hard to get through the heads of those who are down with ODS.
What about Snowden? Well, he’s managed to make himself look like what he is: An idiot who decided to betray his country. Not a hero, not a whistleblower, just another turncoat. It’s been obvious for years that Greenwald has a vendetta against President Obama. He must have thought he had in Snowden the best “fish story” in existence. The problem? Like most fish stories, the reality wasn’t close to the story. In fact, it’s beginning to look like Glenn was selling some rather long-dead fish. There are still many questions to be answered, including just what Glenn’s role was in Snowden’s action, and whether he instigated it. The “timeline” Greenwald has stated (although I’m sure he’ll backtrack on that) has some serious legal implications, in terms of “Did Glenn Greenwald set up Snowden’s actions?” Glenn may have more problems than just trying to defend his leaping to conclusions because he thought he finally had something on the President. And it couldn’t have happened to a better person.
Mahalo, Galraedia.. Excellent Read by Norbrook
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