I think what he's saying is that the poor and minorities have been suffering under a regime much more oppressive for a very long time. It's not that he approve

I think what he's saying is that the poor and minorities have been suffering under a regime much more oppressive for a very long time. It's not that he approves of NSA surveillance, he just finds it indicative of a privileged point of view when one finds the former acceptable, but the latter some sort of new low.