Wiretaps were nothing new in the 40's, but I think people would have been screaming bloody murder if they found out that every call they made was being monitored. Same with the mail if they found out their letters were being read.
I think most people today knew that information was being collected all along but are only alarmed now that: 1. Government officials have admitted to it and 2. The scale of the collection is so massive.
Now with the reveal of the NSA and DEA cooperation, there's the fear that anyone who scored some weed at some point will see jail time. I think the ability to get away with little things here and there is what most people are afraid of losing.
I think most people today knew that information was being collected all along but are only alarmed now that: 1. Government officials have admitted to it and 2. The scale of the collection is so massive.
Now with the reveal of the NSA and DEA cooperation, there's the fear that anyone who scored some weed at some point will see jail time. I think the ability to get away with little things here and there is what most people are afraid of losing.
