Pardon me if I'm being ignorant, but what was the american people response to the whole "government is spying on us" thing? I thought there would be huge prote

Pardon me if I'm being ignorant, but what was the american people response to the whole "government is spying on us" thing? I thought there would be huge protests and pressure for a response from the president, and promise to cut back on... spying on people.