“It is the epitome of government power over an individual’s privacy”
And we give that power to guys like Clapper and Comey.
Or worse.
Is that what the American Revolution was fought for? To create a massive surveillance state run by an alcoholic EWO and a narcissistic lawyer?
Never give the good guys any more power than you want the bad guys to have. Ever. For any reason.
THAT is the idea behind a limited government.
Conservatives are often perfectly fine with powerful government agencies as long as a conservative is running things, and then squeal like stuck pigs with a Barrack Obama gets ahold of the PATRIOT act (which was powerfully supported on here at first, “if you aren’t doing anything wrong...”
Even if you had the best president/prime minister/king they should have not one more iota of power than you would want the most evil wannabe tyrant to have. And they scan F*cking spare me the claptrap from Adams of “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....”
I want a government that has no more ability to control ANY aspect of my life, influence any decision or promulgate any morality with even the best of men in charge than I would want it if Muslims and communists held every elected and appointed office.