<story><title>Obama’s Remarks on NSA Controversy</title><url>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/07/transcript-what-obama-said-on-nsa-controversy/?mod=e2tw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lukejduncan</author><text>Why is it that politicians think that &amp;quot;not listening to your phone calls&amp;quot; is any different than tracking everything about your phone calls.&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of little kids fighting, getting in each others face and shouting &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m not touching you, I&amp;#x27;m not touching you!&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MartinCron</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Why is it that politicians think that &amp;quot;not listening to your phone calls&amp;quot; is any different than tracking everything about your phone calls&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because there&amp;#x27;s a huge material difference, maybe?</text></comment>
<story><title>Obama’s Remarks on NSA Controversy</title><url>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/07/transcript-what-obama-said-on-nsa-controversy/?mod=e2tw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lukejduncan</author><text>Why is it that politicians think that &amp;quot;not listening to your phone calls&amp;quot; is any different than tracking everything about your phone calls.&lt;p&gt;It reminds me of little kids fighting, getting in each others face and shouting &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m not touching you, I&amp;#x27;m not touching you!&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anigbrowl</author><text>Because it is, in fact, significantly different; and the differences were articulated several decades ago by the Supreme Court. The two cases you should examine are &lt;i&gt;Katz v. United States&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Smith v. Maryland.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>