Sounds like crap, right? But that's basically the rationalization the Obama Administration ladled out to a Federal judge in New York to justify the NSA's "we collect everything on everyone" program. The judge just ate that shit up.
“There is no way for the government to know which particle of telephony metadata will lead to useful counterterrorism information ... Armed with all the metadata, NSA can draw connections it might otherwise never be able to find. The collection is broad, but the scope of counterterrorism investigations is unprecedented.”Hey, why not install alcohol breathalyzer interlocks on everyone's car? After all, there is no way for the government to know who will drive drunk. That may seem like a massive invasion of privacy and an illegal search of everyone, but it's the same bullshit argument that judge bought.
"But it keeps us safe" will be the outcry of the pro-NSA crowd. And I bet that a majority of Americans will also buy the argument.
We truly are a nation of bullies with glass jaws. We're very good at dishing it out, but let one disgruntled idiot come up with a crackpot plot and get his dumb ass arrested and you'll just see the enemies of liberty lining up to validate how spying on everyone keeps us safe.
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