NSA Phone Database. Threat to privacy?

[Induane]

1) Is the collection domestic to domestic, or is it still limited to domestic to international.

From every article I've read its a database of EVERY phone call made in the US.  International AND domestic to domestic.

I don't want the government having a huge database of info on americans for anything.  Even though they are using Linux and MySql to power it, I don't care (and I love seeing those tools used).  The simple fact is I that I don't want people knowing who I called.  Even if I'm not doing anything wrong, even if its part of a huge database where I get lost in the shuffle.  I simply do not believe the government has  a right to know that.  Even if it did help prevent terrorism, I still don't want that.  The problem is that if it takes such a sacrafice of freedoms to keep us safe from terrorism, then we're not really protecting freedom.

[Valbrandr]

I just found this thread http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/16/NSA.suit/index.html

To anyone who cares and lives within the US.. make sure you call and get someone to listen. It is outrageous what are government is getting away with.  Recording all these phone calls doesnt seem very inteligent unless they are listening in on certain ones... haveing this database would not be very much help... it would truly be like finding a needle in a haystack... Either way, this opens the door for the government to start spying on us even if they are not now.   We cannot give up our freedoms for security (and no I wont even stick any cliche line here either ).  This is America.. we are known for freedom, equality, and equal opportunity and we shouldnt change who we are because we may have been attacked by terrorists... I believe our government has fallen out of touch with the people of this nation.. and are not looking out for our best interests.

[Thedrish]

Registering e-mails is useless. The bombing in Spain showed they didn't send e-mails. There was one account where messages were saved and not send (and thus not scanned by the authorities).

Big brother is coming, and a lot quicker then everyone realises.

They misuse everyone's fear for terrorism to do things they couldn't do 10 years ago.
Fear will break down freedom as we know it.

And this thing isn't just in the USA only.
Since Europe isn't on their own feet but just listening to the big USA, we get the same problems here too 

[Kymizer]

i'm sure it will be gone in 2008....when bush is finnaly gone......but if it does end...i mean...what is left of the U.S.  it was made for freedom...and we deserve it if we are legal U.S. citizens.... ...so yeah...if it doesn't stop...well...there are also riots and revolutions

[Induane]

Thats what scares me.  To fix the nation might take drastic measures, and I think the US might be beyond the times of revolutions.  Hopefully I'm wrong and its not too late.

[LARAGORN]

Take a look at this. http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicechelon.htm
The truth can be found in the strangest places.

[Thedrish]

Echelon is a fact, which many don't know about and many deny