"allow the NSA to collect online communications of foreigners outside the US. Prism collects these communications from internet services, and Upstream taps into the internet'"
And who is shocked by this? Who thinks this is a bad idea? Many do, I'm less on the fence than many others.
They are executing the mission they have been charged with by the government since its formation, and how many times can we point to and say this was enabled by illegal [something]? Malice, or intent to defraud, extort or harm someone has usually been a condition of charging someone with a crime. Let's fight for our rights! But make sure we know what we are fighting for, spinning wheel wastes energy on both sides.
This post is my opinion only
I didn't read anything, and don't plan to.
I stopped here. 100% agree
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh