The government has to work within the law. This might not sound right, but they do. The current furore is more to do with how they interpret the law, and what t

The government has to work within the law. This might not sound right, but they do. The current furore is more to do with how they interpret the law, and what the law is. So, two things you can do: * Support organisations who can work within the law and know it better than you do, like the EFF and ORG * Get involved at a more local level with those who make the law - your congressional representatives and their staff It's a big world, and a big country, and you might not be able to affect the executive directly (after all that's what's doing the thing that's making us feel uncomfortable now), but the reason there are three branches of government is to limit the executive, and as individuals we can do that by using the law (that's what the EFF does), and by influencing the law, through your representatives.