This was a huge debate when the Patriot act was passed, that US citizens would get caught up in surveillance. It seems common in history that during war time,

This was a huge debate when the Patriot act was passed, that US citizens would get caught up in surveillance. It seems common in history that during war time, a country aggressively pursues it's own population for spies or sympathizers for the enemy. It send also common that the country goes overboard so as not to let anyone through the cracks and a lot of innocent people get swept up in the process.