Was the headline changed? The following quote is from the report the article is about:
> “We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the telephone records program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation,”
[+] [-] dang|10 years ago|reply
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
[+] [-] Zigurd|10 years ago|reply
> “We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the telephone records program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation,”