Snark: Why the Snooping Is OK

Awesome.

The Obama administration called government review of complete phone records of U.S. customers a "critical tool" in protecting the public from terrorists.
The information "allows counterterrorism personnel to discover whether known or suspected terrorists have been in contact with other persons who may be engaged in terrorist activities, particularly people located inside the United States," a senior Obama administration official said Thursday. The official stopped short of confirming the practice.

They're snooping on all of us, demanding phone records by the tens of millions, but at least the oceans have stopped their rise and the planet has begun to heal.