METADATA N.S.A.’s Phone Data Collection Program
(collection began after 9/11??) reauthorization due March 28, 2014
...and as the US government agencies continue to oppress free speech...http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/nsa-director-snowden-leaks-caused-irreversible-and-significant-damage/
***5 billion cell phone locations recorded daily by NSA. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/nsa-storing-cell-phone-records-daily-snowden

The U.N. telecom agency says there were about 6 billion subscriptions by the end of 2011 – roughly one for 86 of every 100 people. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/11/cell-phones-world-subscribers-six-billion_n_1957173.html
***NSA will continue to monitor over 35 world leaders
***NSA can watch ideas form as you type...
***NSA collected 97 billion pieces of internet data 2013...

Sen Obama vowed during the 2008 presidential campaign to end “illegal wiretapping,” casting the question of liberty versus security as a “false choice." http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/08/us/politics/08obama-surveillance-history-video.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/us/politics/obama-to-balance-privacy-and-security-concerns-in-speech-on-surveillance-aides-say.html?_r=0

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The data can also be used to study patterns of behaviour to reveal personal information. Photograph: Alex Milan Tracy/NurPhoto/Corbis
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/nsa-storing-cell-phone-records-daily-snowden