I just submitted a link to an article about this, but since it didn't get any traction I'll place it here. I think it best represents the opposing side's argume

I just submitted a link to an article about this, but since it didn't get any traction I'll place it here. I think it best represents the opposing side's argument (against surveillance): https://theintercept.com/2015/11/15/exploiting-emotions-about-paris-to-blame-snowden-distract-from-actual-culprits-who-empowered-isis/ https://theintercept.com/2015/11/15/exploiting-emotions-abou... Here's an excerpt, > One key premise here seems to be that prior to the Snowden reporting, The Terrorists helpfully and stupidly used telephones and unencrypted emails to plot, so Western governments were able to track their plotting and disrupt at least large-scale attacks. That would come as a massive surprise to the victims of the attacks of 2002 in Bali, 2004 in Madrid, 2005 in London, 2008 in Mumbai, and April 2013 at the Boston Marathon. How did the multiple perpetrators of those well-coordinated attacks — all of which were carried out prior to Snowden’s June 2013 revelations — hide their communications from detection?