[greenyoda]

I'd also like to see an end to secret interpretations of laws by the executive branch, secretly approved by the FISA court. If a law is passed by Congress, its meaning should be clear, and known to the public.

And I'd also like to see the PATRIOT Act seriously scrutinized from the point of view of civil liberties.

[frostmatthew]

I found it interesting that even the author of the Patriot Act (probably not a huge friend of civil liberties) thinks the NSA is overstepping and said [how they interpret the provision for collecting phone metadata] "got to be changed … otherwise in a year or year and a half you're not going to have it any more" http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/07/nsa-admits-i...