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**44 AMP** · February 20, 2014, 02:20 PM

So, the govt can know that phone A called phone B at 10:17PM Jul 17, the call lasted 4min 18sec, and both phones are in the 57th state Obama visited on his last campaign. That's meta data, and ok?

But if they listen to what was said in the call, that's "wiretapping" and needs a warrant to be legal?

Is that about right?

February 20, 2014, 02:20 PM	#20
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,793	So, the govt can know that phone A called phone B at 10:17PM Jul 17, the call lasted 4min 18sec, and both phones are in the 57th state Obama visited on his last campaign. That's meta data, and ok? But if they listen to what was said in the call, that's "wiretapping" and needs a warrant to be legal? Is that about right? __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.