If You Don’t Draw The Line Here, Then Where?

From Forbes comes a forceful response to the revelation that the NSA shares information from its warrantless surveillance programs with other agencies, which then use the information in their ordinary, non-terrorism-related investigations while covering up its source — even from prosecutors and judges. Talk about an end run around the Fourth Amendment. Yes, the issues are complex, and yes, national security is important. But we must find a way to permit our government to keep pace with the world and its threats without eviscerating the Constitution and surrendering our soul.