Surveillance options

Right now, every time anyone makes a call, the National Security Agency tracks what number is called, the length of the call, and how often you call.

In the news today, the Obama administration is considering four options for altering that program. Only one of the four options includes ending the program entirely.

I think most Americans would like to go back to the era when there was no huge database of every phone number we have ever called. But it looks like the odds are three to one against us.