Nice to Know I Wasn't an Alarmist

A lack of shock: NSA busily listened to and transcribed personal phone calls of Americans without cause, or even a hollow shell of legality.

Let me remind you: this kind of action is indistinguishable from dictatorial powers, and what it demonstrates is the existence of dangerous, anti-democratic factions in the U.S. government, actions beyond unconstitutionality and deeply into criminality.