President Obama can’t point to a single time the NSA call records program prevented a terrorist attack

National Security Agency defenders, including President Barack Obama, continue to cite the terrorist attack on Sept 11, 2001 when defending the program that scoops up domestic call records in bulk. But asked specifically if he could identify a time when that program stopped a similar attack, President Obama couldn't. That's because the program hasn't prevented a second 9/11. The reason the President can't cite a specific time the phone meta-data program stopped a similar tragedy is simply because it hasn't.

[Dec 23]