National Security Agency has pushed to “rethink and reapply” its treatment of the Fourth Amendment since before 9/11 » nsa2

A paragraph from a declassified Secret NSA document from 1997 laments the public’s interpretation of the government, specifically the NSA, as the bad guy, quoting, “Specifically, the focus is on the potential abuse of the Government’s applications of this new information technology that will result in an invasion of personal privacy.” Notice the ounly countries the document was released to were Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK – all members of the ECHELON Spy Network.