Let's not get side-tracked. This article is "just" about a some details. The real issue that must be resolved and is still not being addressed is: As long as

Let's not get side-tracked. This article is "just" about a some details. The real issue that must be resolved and is still not being addressed is: As long as these NSA activities are not dismantled and the People do not have transparency over what the NSA/government does, everyone of us can still be "eliminated" by the push of a few buttons and democracy therefor no longer exists. Even if its decline happens slowly and behind our backs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog).