I think you'll find that most people in the USA still do not have any real concern about the NSA/Snowden/XKEYSCORE/etc. situation, other than perhaps amusement that a "traitor" who leaked classified information and is agitating for more freedom is now holed up in Moscow of all places.

Perhaps some parts of the NSA's programs will eventually be forbidden by the courts, but even then the vast majority of Americans won't care one way or the other. They want cat videos. They don't care if the NSA is monitoring their facebook chats. They think they're innocent of anything and everything. They don't understand the potential consequences, under this government or under some future government that gets to enforce even more laws even more aggressively.

I'm an American, and I am greatly concerned that our government has overstepped its mandate as well as abrogated the public trust by perpetrating this travesty.

I never considered Snowden to be a "traitor," I consider him to have made a great sacrifice in order to bring this situation to light, especially since the past revelations flew right under the radar, so to speak, regarding the AT&T revelations years ago.

Sure I like cat videos, and other inane content, but I also am abhorred by dragnet surveillance.

I completely understand the possible consequences of such surveillance, and am dismayed when people cite "Godwin's Law" whenever I draw parallels between the current spy atrocities and those of the Stasi.

I fully realize that our next president could have even fewer reservations than Obama about furthering this draconian system as well as ramping up the encroaching police state we see here today.

Thus I refuse to cease talking about this issue, as I want people to be aware of just how slippery this slope actually is.