Comment by swalkergibson

Does erosion of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution count as widespread abuse? It does to me. Continuing down the slippery slope leads to things like parallel construction, as the previous poster mentioned.

As for public officials and voters and terrorism, I give you this:

> Representative Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., has received $526,600 from defense contractors and other defense industry interests, more than any other member of the House. He voted to continue the programs.

Source: http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/07/29/316197/pronsa-congr...

I will leave you to draw your own conclusions about what that article is saying. I take it to mean that it costs $526,000 to get what I want from that guy.