I wouldn't have an issue with this if they weren't refusing to tell us what they're gathering from the large-scale dragnet (rather than specific investigations that crop up from leads from the dragnet).
I don't necessarily mind that the government is spying on me, or what i rather mean is that maybe they're doing so in a way I won't mind, if i knew about it. This idea that the whole process needs to remain so secret or else the terrorists will win is the one that's disturbing. Surely we can wage war on terror transparently
(to use a simile, this is like if the people at the TSA in airports didn't publish a list of what was not allowable onto aircraft, and just took stuff out of our bags and refused to tell us why they were taking it).
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
