Overview: What is domestic surveillance? / Council on Foreign Relations The National Security Agency violates civil rights / Ted Lieu and Joel Anderson The National Security Agency is acting within the law / James R. Clapper The United States must balance security and privacy needs / Barack Obama Can Congress oversee the NSA? / Zoe Carpenter Strong oversight of intelligence gathering protects civil rights / Alexander W. Joel Americans can't find out whether the government watches them / Marisa Taylor and Jonathan Landay Domestic surveillance has a chilling effect on political speech / John W. Whitehead Surveillance should be embraced to create a transparent society / David Brin NSA spying undermines separation of powers / Glenn Harlan Reynolds Drones over America: public safety benefit or "creepy" privacy threat? / Anna Mulrine How stores spy on you / ShopSmart Domestic surveillance is bad for the US economy / Hugo Miller Technology drives advances in domestic surveillance / Steven Kurlander The American public is skeptical of domestic surveillance / Pew Research Center for the People & the Press