Bureaucratically it is easier to fight the most recently approved violation of privacy than an older one. The budgets are less entrenched, and the programs are

Bureaucratically it is easier to fight the most recently approved violation of privacy than an older one. The budgets are less entrenched, and the programs are under higher scrutiny for internal reasons. The EFF would strongly agree that there is no difference in loss of privacy from manned or unmanned surveillance. One is just easier to fight.