The Obama regime is secretly collecting records about all phone calls made on Verizon Business Services. I expect it's the same for other major phone companies.

This has been going on since 2006.

These records allow the government to find out who you know and who you talk with.

These records allow the regime to catch any whistleblowers who might talk with reporters about the regime's dirty work. That's the effect that really matters. If this makes it possible to catch some criminals as well, that's a minor side issue. Small benefits cannot justify great harm.

I am glad that the mainstream media are starting to recognize that limiting the use of information the state and corporations collect about you is not enough. We must limit the information that they can collect.