I clearly remember Obama denouncing the wholesale and indiscriminate surveillance of innocent people prior to his election to the presidency, yet now that he's in the White House he's suddenly promoting the very programs which he once found deplorable.

Remember?

http://youtu.be/aznaD8yzVjM

The FISC has found that there have been numerous violations by NSA et al, yet the juggernaut rolls on...

Secret courts. Secret police. Secret orders.

"... this is not who we are."