Well, there's that whole FISA secret court thing. There's basically a body of law that's above the law in the U.S.. As a Canadian, I expect there's something

Well, there's that whole FISA secret court thing. There's basically a body of law that's above the law in the U.S.. As a Canadian, I expect there's something similar here too. These courts ostensibly aren't interested in prosecuting people for the usual crimes like murder, drug dealing, etc.. Just the nasty terrorist-type stuff that will get just about any bill, no matter how abusable, passed by the powers that be. Of course, there's always mission creep.