I would say that even if they collaborated with this under legal threats, they are still morally responsible for their decisions to support the surveillance sta

I would say that even if they collaborated with this under legal threats, they are still morally responsible for their decisions to support the surveillance state Perhaps, but at some point they have to be excused if they were complying with the law. It's our jobs as citizens to ensure we have the right laws. In a way, it's kind of like blaming the soldiers for the 2003 Iraq war. I don't blame them. I want them to fight their guts out believing that they are answering their highest calling (otherwise they lessen their odds of surviving it). But I want the sonofabitch who sent them there and caused the deaths of all those innocent Iraqis to go to jail.