Understanding democracy…

While I have criticized the ACLU and various other groups who support Snowden, Manning, and that new savior of all humanity, Assange, I recognize that there should be a national and international debate about how much of our privacy we should give up in a democracy to fight terrorism, be it international or home-grown. Nonetheless, contrary to what some believe, the Constitution doesn’t guarantee privacy—it protects us against illegal search and seizure.

It seems that when our internet activit...