“Though it made for a sensational headline last week, the fact is these 2,776 ‘violations’ over the course of one year are completely irrelevant. The millions and millions of ‘authorized’ intercepts of our communications are all illegal — except for the very few carried out in pursuit of a validly-issued search warrant in accordance with the Fourth Amendment. That is the real story. Drawing our attention to the violations unfortunately sends the message that the ‘authorized’ spying on us is nothing to be concerned about.”
