Political Quotes

“I think my colleague has made the point with respect to our government--particularly the FBI Director--actually arguing that companies should build weaknesses into their systems. I note my colleague has been on his feet now for somewhere in the vicinity of 9 hours, so I think we are heading into the home stretch. For people who are listening, I think they really are first and foremost interested in how this Senate, on a bipartisan basis, can come up with policies that ensure that we both protect our privacy and our security. As my colleague said, they are not mutually exclusive. So I think what I would like to do is wrap up my questioning tonight by talking about how this bulk phone record collection and related practices is an actual intrusion on liberty, and to start the conversation, you have to first and foremost get through this whole concept of metadata. We heard people say: What is the big deal about metadata? And for quite some time we had Senators saying: What is everybody upset about? This is just ``innocent metadata.'' Well, metadata, of course, is data about data, but it is not quite so innocent. If you know who someone calls, when that person calls, and for how long they talk, that reveals a lot of private information. Personal relationships, medical concerns, religious or political affiliations are just several of the possibilities.…”