[Jim Noble]

The problem that I see with PRISM (if I understand it right) is NOT that the government will prosecute you in an Article III court with the information gained, but it's that the Organs will possess enormous amounts of information about you that can be given to your enemies or can be used for Fourth Branch (EPA, OSHA, IRS, etc) harassment at will.

They won't NEED a warrant to ruin your life, and for a lot of people who are NOT guilty of any crimes, ruining their life will be punishment enough for opposing The One.

[muawiyah]

My phone at work was tapped by the USPS postal inspection service for 2 years WITHOUT A WARRANT.

It was a lot of fun actually. Apparently someone high up ~ a Democrat to be specific ~ thought I was some sort of risk for having attempted to collect union cards.

[abb]

Exactly.

From The Bourne Ultimatum:

CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen - “Our target is a British national - Simon Ross, a reporter. I want all his phones, his BlackBerry, his apartment, his car, bank accounts, credit cards, travel patterns - I want to know what he’s going to think before he does. Every dirty little secret he has, and most of all we want the name and real-time location of his source. This is NSA priority level 4. Any questions?”