"If you are a good, loyal citizen, true to the ideas of the founding fathers and possessed of respect for the rule of law, there is no reason to be anonymous."

"If you are a good, loyal citizen, true to the ideas of the founding fathers and possessed of respect for the rule of law, there is no reason to be anonymous." You are incredibly optimistic here. The US government has the ability to monitor the communications of darn near the entire planet. This is new territory for human beings. Just because things are good for most of us right now, doesn't mean they always will be.