There is a blackmail file on every elected representative ... and if there isn’t yet, the NSA has all the data to establish one, and they are not restrained by anything.
The farther they push the cornered animal into the corner the more dangerous it becomes. Let them keep poking it with a stick...
I think this is the essential point that the government-as-a-whole is moving toward… and that is not a fun/comforting thought.