Take A Break From The Snowden Drama For A Reminder Of What He's Revealed So Far

[JDPriestly]

32. Stay away from the communications of American citizens.

If someone is suspected of a crime, investigate in the traditional way.

Don't snoop on my telephone calls and e-mails. Don't snoop on my friends and family. Don't talk to the employers and teachers and merchants of my friends and family. Don't do it.

And above all, don't snoop on the phone calls of the people who are supposed to be "freely" reporting the news to me. If a reporter talks to someone suspected of being a terrorist somewhere, let him do it. That's what a reporter is supposed to do. And don't trace his calls or his e-mails. That violates the First Amendment.

Don't trace my computer trail. I go to great lengths to be able to visit my knitting and gardening sites without being placed under surveillance. And if I want to visit a site that shows videos of political demonstrations here or abroad, I should be free to do so without government surveillance.

This is elementary Americanism. Who is being unamerican here? Not me. It's those who justify surveillance of Americans without a warrant who are anti-American, who are aiding the enemy, not those of us who want to enjoy our privacy.

The companies that follow us around on the internet should be barred from doing that.