re: Mapping Terror Networks: Why Metadata Matters

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There is a healthy debate about how far U.S. security services should delve into our digital trails, but emotions too often overcome common sense.

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I agree with this, people get very emotional and irrational when it comes to this topic. For example, the intrusion on everyday americans lives from the government when previous methodologies were working okay. They definately fricked up on 9/11 but it's nothing that could not have been solved without proper due process.

Emotions that overwhelm common sense such as the idea that we should trust a government that has continually betrayed that trust.