Last month, he astounded his fellow task force members by asserting that the NSA‘s metadata programs should be expanded, despite other members arriving at the conclusion that there was very limited evidence, if any, that the programs produced useful intel. And that‘s only what he said when he bothered to show up. Morell skipped the first set of meetings, claiming the review board‘s very existence threatened to distract Congress from ending the government shutdown and doctors from curing pediatric cancer. (I AM NOT LYING.)

Now, he‘s decided to offer his opinion again, and he‘s back to defending bulk record collections using a completely debunked argument.