[Carry_Okie]

The NSA hasn't done diddly to protect us, yet they have access to our credit card authorizations, tap and store every phone conversation in the country, have records of ALL your online communications... and you're OK with that?

Did they stop 911? Did they stop the first WTC bombing? Did they catch the DC sniper? Did they catch the Boston Marathon bomber? Did they stop Richard Reid?

The only security element that stopped ANY of those terrorist acts were citizens. An alert and prepared citizenry has far more ability to protect this nation than the NSA ever could. We could get rid of more terrorists within our borders with a well designed bounty system than we ever could with the NSA.

Just get rid of it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The NSA exists to protect the elites from us when the shiite hits the fan. It’s just that simple.

[txhurl]

Yep, you’d THINK they’d be embarrassed at themselves.

[xzins]

I agree with Carrie. I am not ok with a searchable database containing all of America’s communications across the varieties of media. I believe it will be used for political reasons since that’s what power hungry leaders do.