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?<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/nsa-gchq-illegal-european-parliamentary-inquiry" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/nsa-gchq-illega...</a><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/gchq-mass-surveillance-spying-law-lawyer" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/28/gchq-mass-sur...</a><p>The point of laws is that so we <i>don't</i> have public outrage for every single crime, because we <i>assume</i> 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.