What the NSA is doing right now, and what the FBI would like access to, is in no way similar to taking pictures of you on a busy street.
What the NSA has is every intersection wired up with cameras, recording 24 hours a day, and all of it indexed with facial recognition and license plate readers.
No organization should have that much information or reach at their fingertips, no matter how virtuous the mission or the people working there.
What the NSA is doing right now, and what the FBI would like access to, is in no way similar to taking pictures of you on a busy street.
What the NSA has is every intersection wired up with cameras, recording 24 hours a day, and all of it indexed with facial recognition and license plate readers.
No organization should have that much information or reach at their fingertips, no matter how virtuous the mission or the people working there.