An Invasion of Privacy?:
A Look into NSA Domestic Surveillance Policies
Conclusion

To conclude, although privacy issues are being raised over these NSA allegations of mishandling private data, the American public must realize that there is a bigger issue at hand; Safety is the number one priority. At its most basic purpose, the NSA was created to protect its American Citizens from whatever forces may harm them. In this new technologically advanced world, regardless of privacy ethics, Safety will trump all other matters. In many ways, the Meta data collected will not harm individual citizens not involved in terrorist like activities. The information collected is used a precautionary protocol to identify possible threats. The American public needs to get past the privacy issue and look towards a new era of heightened security post 9/11 to prevent any future terrorist disasters.