Sure; for reference what I wrote:
the NSA surveillance is a clear, blatant violation of the 4th, 5th, and very-arguably 6th amendments — this is, of course, not taking into acount that the system could easily be used to blackmail and is just begging to be abused in Ex Post Facto law. (If the 4th, 5th, and 6th don't protect you, why should the Ex Post Facto law prohibition?)The NSA surveillance is a violation of the 4th Amendment, obviously, because real things are being searched. The fifth is being violated because the content of your communication [your 'speech'] is being used against you, forcing you to testify against yourself — even the "we're only looking at metadata" case they claim [but I don't believe] is violative of the 5th in this way: your contacting someone [or them you] can flag you as a
terrorist.
The Sixth though requires that the charges brought against you are defendable; the FICA-court
is not, it is a closed and secret court [see the Star Chamber].
The way this could be [ab]used by lawmakers via Ex Post Facto law is obvious. One example: they could make expression of any anti-government
sentiment illegal and then filter the e-mails [and possibly phone-calls] for violators.
Many thanks.