Andrew Napolitano on Snowden’s Latest Revelations

In
what appears to be one
of Edward Snowden’s final revelations, the former CIA and
National Security Agency (NSA) agent has demonstrated conclusively
that the NSA has collected and analyzed the contents of emails,
text messages, and phone calls from nine non-targeted U.S.
residents for every one U.S. resident it has targeted. This puts
the lie to the government’s claims that it has only collected
metadata and not content from unsuspecting and unsuspected
Americans. And it puts the lie to the government’s contentions and
the opinions of judges of the secret Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court that the NSA’s spying is somehow lawful,
constitutional, and helpful.

James Madison warned that the loss of liberty rarely happens in
one great event but rather happens gradually, over time, resulting
from the actions of government officials who claim to be fortifying
security. He practically predicted today’s events, writes Andrew
Napolitano. Yet what Madison probably feared most, he did not
articulate: Once lost, liberty is lost forever.

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