” I do mind, however, the implication that an American cannot be interested and upset that HIS/HER government is violating the US Constitution.”
This is specious and demagogic.
There is nothing 'specious' or demagogic about it. We have in the past months been presented with a host of assertions resulting from the disclosures that the NSA et al have been conducting surveillance on a scale that cannot possibly be 'target specific'.
They, government, are using a massive electronic data collection apparatus, intimidation of communications vendors to supply network data, and application of very sophisticated pattern association algorithms to monitor virtually every citizen in this country - all with wild stretches of the imagination as to reason, context and justification from a rubber stamp court - FISA - I say illegally.
In several instances after these revelations, the government has been forced to admit some truth in parts of most of the assertions. Just a day ago we were treated to the revelation that NSA is tracking over 5 billion cell GPS positions throughout the planet.
NONE of this is 'target specific'. It is fishing with dynamite to see what floats up to the surface.