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I guess stuff being done that it's illegal or unconstitutional doesn't count for much these days unless there's "huge public outrage", right?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/nsa-gchq-illega...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/gchq-mass-sur...

The point of laws is that so we don't have public outrage for every single crime, because we assume the laws set-up will be respected, and if someone breaks them, they will be punished. If we can't trust laws to work, then the whole modern society breaks down.