> In a free democracy there should be no surveillance of innocents I agree with the sentiment, although I might rephrase it as "There should be no surveillance

> In a free democracy there should be no surveillance of innocents I agree with the sentiment, although I might rephrase it as "There should be no surveillance without a warrant," since in some cases you can't know who is innocent or not without doing surveillance. A warrant is a good implementation of due process for people you want to investigate, but who are still (in theory) presumed innocent.