[Sopater]

Bachmann and Ryan voted against this. Which leads me to believe there is more to this.

I'm starting to wonder the same thing... It would be good to hear a statement from someone out there who has their head screwed on straight.

[maggief]

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/24/amash_vs_bachmann_on_nsa_bill/

Republican Reps. Justin Amash and Michele Bachmann sparred over the NSA’s phone surveillance program, with Bachmann saying she is opposing Amash’s bill to defund it because “I believe that we need to win the War on Terror.”

The two were speaking during a monthly Conversation with Conservatives event, and Bachmann began by defending the program from arguments that it violates the Fourth Amendment. “Individuals do not own the records, the records belong to the company,” she said. “The records are in their possession, they belong to the phone companies, they’re not the individual’s. So there’s no Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy or right to the business-record exception.”

[Steve Van Doorn]

Bachmann was told that the content of the letters (emails) are not read just the sender and reviver. I could organize that on a simple server if I had the basic access. She forgets that it doesn't take a congregational vote for just that information.

She states that here:
Bachmann about 7:45

She is in line with 'the government is here to help' and trusts that belief.

My take on this even the most respected person in government will eventually give in to the belief that government has the answers to our problems and not the people.