It seems as if the Feds and G men want total control to do just what they without interruption or intervention.Their very pursuit of total and absolute control of personal communication combined with a total lack of respect for the general public and the constitution is a clear indication that they are a threat to democracy perhaps even greater than the terrorist threat that are supposed to be in pursuit of.
The fact that don't even acknowledge the backlash they are getting from a disgruntled public is also disconcerting.Why would they be trying so hard to infuriate and alienate the very people they say they are trying to protect ? Why do they constantly come across as being arrogant and petulant when they don't get their own way ? George W. constantly referred to the word "freedom" when he espoused going to war with Iraq and Afghanistan.What exactly is freedom supposed to mean if the intelligence services of a country are constantly spying on a whole population because it thinks they might be involved in illegal activities.This is behavior more reminiscent of the sinister Stasi operations in East Berlin or the KGB in the USSR.Surely the people of this country and the countries in Europe stand for a higher standard of ethics and deserve better treatment than they are presently getting.