Why NSA-gate pisses me off

     I'll keep this brief so my blood pressure doesn't make my eyeballs explode.
     I hate the NSA and all the BS that has come to light from information provided by Eric Snowden.
     The problem is that it's "legal" under the ever-expanding definition of "legal."
     The Patriot Act was supposed to work like this:
     CIA agent in Terrorist-stan wiretapping a local terrorist learns a phone call was made from the USA. CIA is forbidden to spy on American citizens (by charter) and sends the information to the FBI/NSA.
     FBI/NSA does the subpoena thingy, gets phone records. They learn that the dialer reversed two numbers, got a wrong number, hung up, dialed again. They contact CIA to check on the new number. New number has no links to terrorism? Ok, wrong number, end of story.
    OR the FBI/NSA does the subpoena thingy, gets records, finds the US number calls Terrorist-stan number pretty often. Time to expand and see who else that guy calls. When the time is right, arrest them.
     Meanwhile, nobody else's phone records, metadata, etc., are even looked at.
     WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD.
     "We're not looking at all this collected data..we're just looking for 'patterns' and such. Trust us. Your metadata is secure with us!" The check is in the mail, I'll respect you in the morning, and I promise to keep it a secret.
     Defenders of the NSA say "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about."
     BULLSHIT.
     Everyone has something to hide. Bet Obama doesn't want us looking at who HE calls or what websites he goes to. Would you feel comfy letting NSA know (for EXAMPLE) you like going to an fringe alternative-sex site? Would you feel comfy knowing the NSA knows who you called, when you called, who you texted, what was texted, etc? Do you have a close friend of the opposite sex you can REALLY talk to that your current partner knows nothing about? Do you want the NSA to hold that over your head when the time to blackmail him comes?
     We have "privacy" settings on internet accounts to avoid unneccessary hassle, SPAM and that we don't want to share EVERYTHING with EVERYONE.
     I say to the defenders those who have nothing to hide, "Give me your password to your internet and social networking sites. After all, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, right? I'm a good guy."