We have given up huge portions (maybe all) of our privacy to the federal government. Not even sure why.

In the 80's the excuse was "narco-terrorists"
In the 90's the excuse was "pedophiles"
In the 00's the excuse is "global war on terrorism"

The constitution has well-tested provisions for personal privacy, but the current conservatives have eliminated many of these critical laws. I can't figure it out - conservatives has historically been wary of the unchecked power of central government. Now they have given us the "Unitary Presidency", which means an all-powerful monarch in my book.

I don't have an answer on this, but I suspect many, many people would join me in fearing unlimited power by the feds.

Oh, BTW, a subtext in your article was "Vosburgh WAS a history professor". Sounds like he was forced to resign prior to proving guilt. Cool! Gutless private companies (universities) doing what the the law should (or does) prohibit.

Sounds similar to the push for Telecom wire tap immunity. We will probably never know what data was gathered and on who, and what it was used for.

I could go on in depth.

Keep up the good work, dude!