[Chgogal]

How are people of any philosophic stripe “screwed up” for opposing a government who downloads without probable cause and warrant private citizens' communications? I have no problem with the NSA collecting data on foreigners abroad and then getting warrants on each and every communication with that foreigner. I have no problem with communication companies storing the data and when given a proper warrant from the government, the company giving that private citizens's communications to the government.

I will never agree that the US government has the right to confiscate all private communications of US citizen and then store it for as long as it deems necessary. It will be abused just as Obama's IRS is abusing its responsibilities.

[fabian]

We live in an age of terrorism, with mass murder being able to be stopped by listening into cell phone data...then that makes sense. How is that hurting any law abiding citizen? If we have a city go up in an nuclear explosion, don’t worry, we are all going to lose far far more rights! The very fact that Snowden went to our enemies speaks volumes, does it not?

[antceecee]

Bump you post!