And to that I totally agree, I do not think that governments should automatically have the right to all call metadata and that the status quo is a gross overrea

And to that I totally agree, I do not think that governments should automatically have the right to all call metadata and that the status quo is a gross overreach. I was just pointing out that there is a real (legal, common sense, whatever) distinction between knowing that a call was made and listening in to a call.