Activist Post: The Constitution That Never Was
We have a government, apparently it holds itself exempt from the Constitution, holds itself exempt from oversight and public interest. You have this other side of government which I've said it's the state religion of--you know, it's--the state religion of the government is national security. And you don't question it. You don't speak ill will of it. And the last thing you do is hold up a mirror, because you hold up a mirror, you get criminalized. -Thomas Drake, former senior executive of NSA
