[fukusa]

>Many Americans believe in following the law no matter what.

But if the government breaks the law, it's OK? When others do it, they're traitors?

[doki_pen]

Listen man, I'm just delivery the news, not defending it. The question was how do people think about it, and that's how they think about it.

[lghh]

That pretty much sums it up, yeah.

[pavlov]

Like Nixon said: "If the President does it, that means it's not illegal."

[logfromblammo]

And like the House judiciary committee said, "Oh yeah? Well we just voted on three articles of impeachment against you."

Americans are starting to get rather pissed off at the increasingly obvious double-standard that exists when government employees are suspected of crimes, particularly violent crimes by those charged with keeping the peace, and corruption and fraud by those granted positions of trust and authority.

And this is all mostly due to ubiquitous smartphone cameras. In this light, universal surveillance is barely acceptable, just so long as we get to watch them as thoroughly and easily as they watch us. So far, this condition has not been met.