Reply to post: "US govt was required to retain any data that may be evidence of a crime"?

"US govt was required to retain any data that may be evidence of a crime"?

Well, anything could be evidence of a crime, couldn't it? Every humorous video of a kitten might have hidden information concerning some heinous terrorist plot. Storing only part of the information on the interwebs is really not enough! We should demand that the US government retain ALL data generated anywhere. There might be a slight storage problem, of course ......