[betterunix]

"What would it take for people to stop fearing an encroaching surveillance state?"

A trustworthy government? A government that does not consider secret courts and secret bodies of law to be acceptable? Prosecuting men like James Clapper who lie to Congress (perjury, obstruction of Congress, making false statements -- these are crimes)? There are a lot of reasons people are upset about what the government is doing and it is hardly surprising that people assume the worst.

If the Obama administration has even the most remote interest in restoring the public's trust, they should just come clean, now, about what they have been doing. With each new revelation we discover more lies about the nature and scope of the NSA's work.