Its wiretapping
program has been derided as an intolerable invasion of individual privacy
rights, but it has benefits for national security.
Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute and I wrote an op-ed in The
Chicago Tribune that gave a qualified defense of the controversial NSA
surveillance program. Libertarians from the left and the right have come
together in shrill opposition to the wiretapping program; they object to the
government’s collection, retention, and examination of sensitive individual
data.
