(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Surveillance on a person guilty of no crime does an injury to that person. This was a basic theme of George Orwell's 1984. In a free society, individuals do not have to worry about being under the government's watchful eye, scrutinizing everything they do.
Under that reasoning, if the government has run surveillance on innocent individuals, it has done them harm, even if they are unaware of that surveillance. Now, can I produce proof that such has occurred? No, I cannot, but such is due to laws embedded within the Patriot Act, which I have quoted in post #96 and post #102. It would be virtually impossible to put forth the "proof" you seek, and yet such does not mean it has not happened.
Maybe you can explain how the provisions I have quoted in my two posts do not prevent disclosures of abuses of government power. I would like to be enlightened on the matter.