The Importance of Freedom of Information

In May the second circuit court of appeals in New York found that the national security agencies mass surveillance programs one of which I revealed in June 2013 was illegal. It had not been authorized by any law and for the entire period of its operation you know this was not only contrary to law but it was in violation of it. And as a result this program needs to be changed or ended. Now this happened without the majority of Congress knowing that it was occurring at all. We've never trusted government with before and there's no prevailing reason why we should today.