[Izzy Dunne]

The NSA has safeguards on its programs ostensibly designed to protect against hacking into Americans’ computers,

You have to laugh out loud at this.

[Gaffer]

IMO, the truth of the matter is that the government thinks the American citizen is the enemy, and the actions they scheme, plan and execute are to protect the government house of cards and their viability in the long run. It has nothing to do with individual freedom or the US Constitution (except as a hindrance to them).