> But he said it was crucial there was accountability and transparency in the use of surveillance and interceptions by agencies such as the NSA – an area which he said was "blurry, grey and made people uncomfortable".<p>The un-warranted (in both senses of the word) surveillance and interception of communications by the NSA is neither blurry nor grey. It is breaks both the spirit and the word of the law.. That is why many people are uncomfortable.<p>Attempting to portray it as a "blurry" or "grey" only tries to hide the issue at hand and give the NSA an excuse. There is no excuse.
We should take whatever "big name" that publicly opposes the surveillance state we can get, but let's not fool ourselves here. Bill Clinton is only saying this because he wants his wife to be seen as "against this", when she runs for president again - just like Obama in 2008.<p>In reality, I'm 99.99% she's going to continue Obama's surveillance policies if she becomes president. Bill Clinton pretends to be surprised by this, but Carnivore/Echelon started under him. Plus, Bill Clinton has basically been one of Obama's mentors since he became president, so I doubt he was unaware of what Obama was doing.