I agree (unfortunately) with everything you said. While the government technically isn't allowed to do some of these things, the way our judicial system works,

I agree (unfortunately) with everything you said. While the government technically isn't allowed to do some of these things, the way our judicial system works, there's no lever with which these can be stopped (other than at the ballot box, and it seems no one cares enough to vote based on this). In particular, what little controversy there was surrounding the Edward Snowden revelations showed us that the Courts don't recognize any of us as having standing to pursue the question in court.