I agree with the sentiments expressed that I need to speak up for just and fair treatment for others. However, there are those for whom justice and fairness have no meaning. They are those who have the belief that if you do not think like me I will kill you. For example, look what was done to Malala Yousafzai merely because she wanted to go to school and be educated. If looking at my email, phone, etc. helps to prevent this kind of thing from happening, I am all for it.

Agreed. Any reference to datum deserves a proper attribution. Sadly this is sorely lacking in the vast majority of internet posts.

Right. Also if we do not protest such invasions of liberty and privacy at home how can we protest the misuse abroad. I don't feel I should have much to worry about from the spying in this country, at this time, but yesterday or tomorrow are different.

It was a good thing Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and Richard Nixon didn't have such powers, with so little restriction on their use. Tomorrow it may be someone wanting to know who I know, to know who shares my political, religious, or moral views, or lack of them. Today I would not like to live in a number of countries and use a computer on the internet or use a smart phone the way I freely do in this country.

I don't have anything to hide in the bedroom but I wouldn't want the government looking at us with infrared tech and justifying it by saying I shouldn't have any expectation of privacy if I don't use IR blocking materials on my walls and roof.

I don't have anything to hide in the men's room but I wouldn't want to be spied on there and have it justified because some terrorist may be using mem's rooms to pass information.

I don't have views I feel I need to hide but even so I don't want the government spying on my political, religious, and moral views when I share them on a phone or computer. I don't even want them spying on my contacts I share those view with even if they don't look at the content.

No, today, I don't want even the Bushs and Obamas and their likes to have such power, to use on major portions of the population as a giant net. There should be more restrictive protection on how such powers can be used.

We do. It's called the Constitution and this administration has been trampling on it since day 1.


Said by Barry O 5 days before the 2008 election. The key word is "fundamentally."

If the NSA follows me we will see if a computer program can actually die of boredom.

There are a lot of well meaning people working in the government. On the other hand, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I am concerned the temptation to "investigate" political opponents will be too great for some administration and thing will go down the drain quickly.