[...] So now, with yesterdays WSJ report, we witness the tawdry spectacle of large numbers of people who for years were fine with, responsible for, and even giddy about, NSA mass surveillance suddenly objecting. Now theyve learned that they themselves, or the officials of the foreign country they most love, have been caught up in this surveillance dragnet, and they can hardly contain their indignation. Overnight, privacy is of the highest value because now its their privacy, rather than just yours, that is invaded.
What happened to all the dismissive lectures about how if youve done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to hide? Is that still applicable? Or is it that these members of the U.S. Congress who conspired with Netanyahu and AIPAC over how to sabotage the U.S. governments Iran Deal feel they did do something wrong and are angry about having been monitored for that reason?
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