#terrorattacks metadata

So, I ran across this article while reading about book metadata (gotta keep up in case I go back into the world of publishing). I can understand why they would want to keep certain information on file, but as we've seen from released documents about the US and torture...and before that Snowden, the government tends to lie about what exactly they "doing."  Oh well, time will tell...or maybe George Orwell already did.

“Big Brother is Watching You.”  ― George Orwell, 1984