Hold on a second...

With the domestic data collection, we are in agreeance. But two things... One, there was tons of oversight. The POTUS and the the leaders of congress all knew this was occurring and the NSA director. This was their interpretation of the Patriot Act. What's frightening here isn't that they went outside the scope of their mandate domestically, it's that everyone in charge agreed this was in fact part of their mandate. Secondly, are you justifying his release of foreign Intelligence gathering methods and programs? That IS a legitimate part of the NSA mandate.