U.S. Maintains Vast Database of Phone Calls, Lawmakers Say – NYTimes.com

With governments abusing power and leaders and their inner circle being less than perfect (Watergate, Iran Contra, Monica Lewinsky Scandal, Abu Ghraib) how much power do we in a democratic society want to give our government?

With the advent of Big Data, social media and satellite technology, information and information management gives modern governments more power than our founding fathers could have ever imagined.  The National Security Agency is currently struggling with trying to keep us safe and respecting our civil liberties.

“The National Security Agency has for years been compiling a library of Americans’ phone records and using computers to search the database for potential associates of terrorists or spies. But officials must receive permission from a secret court before …”

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