Glad to hear about the ACLU lawsuit. I might just send 'em a check too.

Early in this thread I or anyone who didn't know the gov't. was snooping was called naive. Surely I'm naive, but I knew the gov't. was snooping, but I really didn't think it was this broad and pervasive. Apparently I wasn't alone in that. And I've been anti-Patriot Act since before it was passed into law.

What bothers me now is that a lot of Americans think Snowden is a traitor for revealing classified information when he was bound by a non-disclosure agreement in his employment, or just for releasing classified information, period. But the Supreme Court has previously ruled that a law that is unConstitutional is void, and therefore isn't violated. I don't know what charges the gov't. is planning on trumping up against Snowden, since he hasn't done anything illegal. It's the U.S. gov't. that has done the illegal action, first by passing the Patriot Act in violation of the Constitution, and subsequently all the NSA spying. I think FISA passes Constitutional muster, and I've never heard of it being challenged.

I hope the ACLU lawsuit is successful, and that the gov't. has to stop this BS and has to purge the records collected. That would be a large part of my version of UP THE REVOLUTION!!