The Snowden revelations showed unequivocally that the NSA surveillance did not help stop a SINGLE attack in the United States. All of the attacks were foiled du

The Snowden revelations showed unequivocally that the NSA surveillance did not help stop a SINGLE attack in the United States. All of the attacks were foiled due to regular people targeted intelligence. Forget about the ethics of surveilling millions of people indiscriminately, the sheer tax money wasted on this project alone is abhorrent. And secondly, I'm sorry but i don't buy the slippery slope argument. As intelligent people we have clear boundaries about what is acceptable as the mandate of an organization and what isn't. If we took your approach to social issues we would never protest illegal wars because everyone else is involved in them or protest BP for polluting the Gulf because everyone drives cars. Its a ridiculous argument m