NSA Tracking ALL American's Phone Calls

So in January I made a comment about the NSA wiretapping all phone calls, and how I was pissed because my mom's phone calls could be listened in on. I stated:

"When my mom calls Germany to talk to her family she didn't consent to be listened in on by the NSA. It's an involuntary search, and that is the reason why we have warrants. It's gives us the assurance that an independent judge has at least reviewed the merits of the case and it passes muster."

My friend Scott made the snarky comment:

I find it ironic that when you heard about NSA wire-tapping Al Qaeda phone calls that you immediately worried about your mom being illegally wire-tapped during her phone calls to Germany.

USA Today reported this morning that the NSA has amassed the calling records of millions of Americans. Yes, they're not necessarily listening in on my mom's conversations, BUT, they are tracking all sorts of phone activities of innocent people:

"The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.

The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews."

There are SO MANY things bad about this, but consider for a second that the man whom Bush wants to put in charge of the CIA is the Gen. Hayden, the person who spearheaded this program at the NSA.

One bright note about the whole article: QWEST Communications, out of Denver, stood up to the NSA and refused to hand over their records because the NSA refused to get a warrant or to work through the FISA courts. Good job QWEST. If I could, I would change my phone service to you in a heartbeat.