Ed: > Outside of the Rule of Law, people have been killed for metadata. Indeed: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ https://theintercept

Ed: > Outside of the Rule of Law, people have been killed for metadata. Indeed: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ > According to a former drone operator for the military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) who also worked with the NSA, the agency often identifies targets based on controversial metadata analysis and cell-phone tracking technologies. Rather than confirming a target’s identity with operatives or informants on the ground, the CIA or the U.S. military then orders a strike based on the activity and location of the mobile phone a person is believed to be using.