ATTENTION PREPPERS. Imagine this scenario.
Snowden has said that they are not only scooping up phone records but are also data mining internet use, bank accounts, and credit card use.
Now take your average concerned citizen who is worried about the direction this country is headed and decides to prep. Concerned citizen reads blogs and websites on how to prep. Concerned citizen removes money from checking account or uses charge card to purchase preps which includes freeze dried and bulk foods.
Concerned citizen is now high on the government radar after said government data mines all of his preps. Why you may ask? Because a while ago, by Executive Order, Obama made it a crime to hoard food.
Concerned citizen has just been made a target for law enforcement because of two UNCONSTITUTIONAL acts of government violating the Fourth Amendment.
I think you have hit the nail on the head.