@dabeen you may not believe that they are targeting or are interested in the average American, but that’s really just speculation and hopeful thinking, the reality is nobody really knows what they are targeting because it was done very secretly. Why would you take it on faith that the government is purely doing this with your best interest at heart? Look at the news that recently came out about the IRS targeting groups with specific ideologies. Even if they are not using it for anything terrible now and don’t plan to ever abuse it doesn’t change the fact that it is a system that has massive potential to be abused down the road with just a few laws being tweaked, or people with access going outside the law. Think about what would happen ten years down the road if you committed a minor infraction, or followed a belief that the government didn’t like and suddenly they had full access to your emails, phone records etc. for all those years that they could go through and pull anything out of context to make you appear guilty or to embarrass you. Look at history to see what happens when the government has too much power and that’s without the ability to troll through years of the most personal information which our government has recently given itself. Our government is meant to be a public servant not a monarchy. The rights that we’ve had in America are really precious, don’t give them up so easily.
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