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Don't be fooled by the 60 Minutes report on the NSA
- AndrewKemendo 13y agoBut the focus on actively listening to phone calls is a red herring; the NSA has not been accused of doing that. It certainly has: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u.s-phone-calls/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-fla... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-spying-scandal-merkel-and-hollande-demand-talks-as-us-is-accused-of-listening-in-on-phone-calls-of-35-world-leaders-8901065.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-spying-... More to the point, the 60 minutes piece goes on in the same segment to address the issue of metadata; going so far as to demonstrate how it is used with an analyst behind the wheel of a metadata analysis tool. A fluff piece for sure, but the article here is doing it's own misrepresentation of what was shown.