[GOPJ]

People are forgetting that this government has identified Tea Partiers, gun control advocates and other conservatives as “terrorists”. When we read that the phone spying efforts were aimed at rooting out terrorists and their networks, I do not think that the government thinks that “terrorist” means what we think it means. I think that they wanted to monitor US calling patterns to identify conservatives and their allies.

I suspect you're right...

[nolongerademocrat]

I think you are both correct and would just like to throw in: “For blackmail and intimidation purposes...”