Re: to conduct a little research on her husband...
It's no different for governments either.
They may well have built the systems with a genuine interest in terrorists, nuclear proliferation and so on. But once they have the power, they just cannot resist seeing what their friends are up to as well. And before very long, they're using it for domestic surveillance of environmental protesters, civil rights groups and occupy wall street type movements.
This is what happens when it's all done in secret without proper oversight, and anyone who blows the whistle is pursued as a terrorist and traitor.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
