It seems like the root of the problem here is using intelligence sources to target all civilians. As the senators point out, there's no way the NSA is going to

It seems like the root of the problem here is using intelligence sources to target all civilians. As the senators point out, there's no way the NSA is going to automatically be able to tell from an email address or random internet packet the citizenship status of the person sending it. This should have been pointed out and addressed years ago, but instead they deliberately lied to Congress and then forbade Congress from coming clean with the public. What a mess. But there might be an even deeper problem, if you can believe it. I really don't see the purpose of electing people as representatives to serve on a committee if the committee is not given all of the relevant details, is sometimes lied to, and is forbidden from releasing any of the details to the public. I think the executive branch and specifically the president is taking on waaaaaay too much power here. In times of war, this might be understandable, but a democracy cannot endure a never-ending state of war. I hope that many are beginning to see this.