NSA responses generally imply that any sort of surveillance is ok, as long as it's of non-Americans. While it may largely be legally true, I think the presumpt

NSA responses generally imply that any sort of surveillance is ok, as long as it's of non-Americans. While it may largely be legally true, I think the presumption that that is a valid defense needs to be challenged more often. Phrases like "intended strictly to develop intelligence about foreign targets" seems to be regularly used by reporters in such a way as to imply that, if true, the surveillance would be a-ok. The difference between the rights of Americans vs non-Americans, with regard to US intelligence services, is an interesting one. Certainly non-Americans are deserving of at least some protections. I would hope that we could provide most of the world with the same level of respect as we do each other.