User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-67.87.158.213-20140204230217

I can see where this is coming from from both sides. I mean, you can't deny that the NSA are probably catching some criminals here, which might spur them on to kep going. They might have even stopped a few attacks and saved a few lives, I don't know.

BUT! Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Let us not forget the House Un-American Activities Committee. They also caught 1 or 2 Communist spies, but today most of us look on it as a black mark in our history, especially with the recent tragic death of Pete Seeger. I feel like this is how the NSA'll turn out. Watch it, Congress.

ALSO! What happens after this? So we have the Internet and phones (are the phones tapped?) being watched, soon we have government-mounted security cameras all over the place-the President can still, in some cases, arrest someone without trial. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS GOES? Neither do I. But I have an awful feeling it'll be a bit too Orwellian for my taste.

I may just wind up going into politics just to get rid of this. Well done to the 835 people who have voted "yes" at this point. To the others: Well, you're entitled to your opinion. But for how much longer will you be?