The government was supposed to get out of the way and let the citizen do as much or as little as the citizen aspired to do. Nowhere in that contract was the federal government granted the right to spy on the citizens of the several states. Today the citizens rely on the Internet and a telecommunications industry for distribution of private communications. Government wants to make its own use of the system. Once we say it's ok to put in a window on the pipelines of private communication nothing will be private again.
Governments know how to use the tools they are given.
Give them a window. Someone will look. It's time the citizens take a close look at government proposals to add listening ports to phone, fax and Internet lines. We hope the police could the use the technology to stop criminals and never use their power to look at our information. Experience shows that they will look.