Just think how many more victims the tyrants of the past could have racked up had they had the same toys and tools as President Obama and the NSA.
This was inspired by a piece in the New York Times, "No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.". Even if we trust the government today — and the coordinated federal effort to crush the Occupy movement is one reason among many why I would not — governments change. If you give immense power to someone, they will eventually use it. And eventually that someone will not be a nice person.
Cross-posted from Rall.com