and describing all this as the same 'agenda' is grossly simplistic & undermines attempts to reinforce civil liberties. there may be broad trends but they're not

and describing all this as the same 'agenda' is grossly simplistic & undermines attempts to reinforce civil liberties. there may be broad trends but they're not driven by a unified entity, and given that the scope of NSA surveillance was known before Snowden his leaks hardly give credence to the possibility of taking conspiracy theories seriously