Definitely. My guess is that the system is much less corrupt than people think in practice, although no less fundamentally dangerous. The secrecy of the proce

Definitely. My guess is that the system is much less corrupt than people think in practice, although no less fundamentally dangerous. The secrecy of the process is definitely harming the government's image here, but I can also see that if the exact limits of what could be approved were public, terrorists would be able to develop communications strategies to counter them. Ironically if his happened, the government would probably react by escalating to broader approvals. So the secrecy might actually be helping to limit the scope of the surveillance.