Even Better, yesterday was just a dog and pony show. The 2009 dissent, led by a senior NSA official and embraced by others at the agency, prompted the Obama ad

Even Better, yesterday was just a dog and pony show. The 2009 dissent, led by a senior NSA official and embraced by others at the agency, prompted the Obama administration to consider, but ultimately abandon, a plan to stop gathering the records. The secret internal debate has not been previously reported. The Senate on Tuesday rejected an administration proposal that would have curbed the program and left the records in the hands of telephone companies rather than the government. That would be an arrangement similar to the one the administration quietly rejected in 2009.