Glenn Beck on Thursday interviewed security technologist Bruce Schneier about America\u2019s ever-expanding domestic surveillance programs, and\u00a0Schneier \u2014 who has written 12 books and testified before Congress \u2014 said he believes the government\u2019s decision to collect information on every man, woman and child is a type of \u201cinsurance policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA bunch of organizations have looked at these metadata programs. The metadata, again, is data about data. It\u2019s the social networks, the traffic analysis. It\u2019s not the content, but who\u2019s talking to who,\u201d\u00a0Schneier remarked. \u201cEvery time you look at this, it is not valuable. \u2026 It doesn\u2019t stop terrorist attacks. So why is it being done? That\u2019s an interesting question. It seems like it\u2019s an insurance policy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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