One of the unpleasant lessons we learned from the horrible event that occurred in Boston is that our government is incapable of protecting us even if they eavesdrop on every email, phone call, tarot card, fortune cookie, or carrier pigeon in the U.S.
There is seemingly no single aspect of our lives that is not under constant scrutiny by our government, and yet I learned yesterday that they had absolutely no clue of Monday's attack. I guess omnipresent surveillance is only effective against honest people.
After 9-11 the public ceded freedom in order to gain security, but we received neither.
Here, DHS, have another trillion dollars to waste on whatever the hell it is that you do. In the meantime, give me back my Bill of Rights. You're not using it.