Timothy Carney answers that weak defense for government surveillance in this column. The data collection could be used against Americans who are not terrorists. Of course, Joe Biden once compared people who support the Tea Party to terrorists.
If Obama wants to make us safer from terrorists, he ought to stop doing things that give Islamic zealots cause to want to kill Americans. He could have ended the war in Afghanistan right after he was elected and he could stop the use of drone strikes throughout that region that have often killed innocent people.
