phone db 3
suppose my integrity was somewhat less than honorable. and suppose i worked for the nsa. maybe i was given the job by a known disrepute. now, what could i do with the phone call database? i'd have the dirt on every one of my enemies. and everyone one of my allies' enemies. i'd know who called what whore house. who called what lobbyist. who was being lobbied by whom. who buys their dope from where. i'd know who leaked damaging information about me to the press. i could leak damaging information to the press. and just like that my foes are vanquished. the temptation to use this kind of power was too much for richard nixon. it might be too much for me. and i don't cheat on my taxes even. we gain very little from having the world's phone records. and we risk an awful lot.