Largest Database In The World
We can all certainly feel more safe and secure, now that our phone records are being safely stored and analyzed by the government. I certainly feel more safe. I’m sure the government will come up with some cool algorithms to find the calls that are made to terrorists, and if it works, great. Personally, I think it’s a waste of time.
I’m more concerened with the side issues here. First of all, it feels a little shady. Our leaders won’t even come out and tell us what they’re doing. Even when the story comes out, they won’t fess up. It just makes me think that they’re not totally convinced of what they’re doing either. Sure, there’s a lot of reasons they might have for secrecy, but they’ve got to know that the truth will come out eventually.
Second, I don’t really feel comfortable with the precedence that’s being set. I don’t like the idea of any other organization doing the same thing, and feeling justified in the act simply because it’s been done before. I don’t like the idea that we may continue to use such a technique, even after the current threat is eliminated, simply because all the procedures might be in place to do it.
I’d just like to see a little more communication out of our leaders, after all, the government has more than lives to protect.