don't believe everything you read

before the ny times' latest reveal of tools in the war on terror, the usa today went big with 'domestic eavesdropping' (a term to make it sound as nefarious as possible).
well...those reports weren't exactly right

Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees confirm that the National Security Agency has compiled a massive database of domestic phone call records. But some lawmakers also say that cooperation by the nation's telecommunication companies was not as extensive as first reported by USA TODAY on May 11. [emphasis added]

after briefings on the program, lawmakers pliantly ran to the press to give the MSM more classified details. (can they be prosecuted?)

to its (very slight) credit, USA Today retraces how it got it wrong, but hides under cover of some other MSM wrongdoing and government official 'no comments' as a bit of an excuse

of course, now the usa today laments how the program may not be big enough

Other lawmakers who were briefed about the program expressed concerns that gaps in the database could undercut its usefulness in identifying terrorist cells.

still a robust but not complete database can still yield results