New rules under development by the Obama administration will take data collected by the NSA, supposedly for ‘counter-terrorism’ and put it into the hands of other federal agencies and even your local law enforcement for everyday use. Proponents of federal spying inevitably defend any objection to mass warrantless surveillance by playing the terrorism card. The NSA must be able to sweep up virtually everybody’s electronic data to protect America from terrorist attacks, so the argument goes. This carries a great deal of weight, especially in the wake of tragic bombings in Paris and Brussels. Many Americans brush off the constitutional violations and invasion of privacy inherent in NSA spy programs because they honestly believe they only target terrorists. But in fact, the vast majority of information dredged up by the U.S. spy apparatus ends up in the hands of state and local law enforcement for use in routine criminal investigations. Instead of “fighting terrorism,” the American

Source: NSA Will Spy for Local Cops Under New Obama Administration Rules | Tenth Amendment Center