I'd go further and say that checks on police and intelligence agencies exist to protect both the innocent and the guilty from abuse of power. If I'm doing some

I'd go further and say that checks on police and intelligence agencies exist to protect both the innocent and the guilty from abuse of power. If I'm doing something wrong, the onus is on the government to prove this within the rules established to prevent such abuse (and on the people, their elected representatives, and the judiciary to ensure these rules are sufficient to accommodate the interests of all parties involved).