[ Do Americans truly believe that the agencies tasked with the huge job of preventing another terrorist attack on this country really spend their time siftng through the average citizen’s emails and phone calls? I’d be glad to give them mine if they need something for insomnia.
Seriously, I think we are in more danger from hackers than intelligence gathering agencies. Every detail of our lives is on some kind of data base, our medical records, banking records, phone calls, google searches, and emails. If we’re worried about Privacy, that ship has sailed with the advent of the computer age. ]
That all depends on whom in government you have/have not pissed off and what groups you are a member of, who have or have not pissed off the wrong people in government, see: tea party groups, see: IRS, see: Lois Lerner
Here’s the thing. The targeting of Tea Party Conservatives didn’t have anything to do with the NSA or any agency operating under the Patriot Act. That was politically motivated by this corrupt administration.