I think that if a government agency thinks it can get away with away with wiretapping on the PRISM scale, it or another government agency also will think it can get away with abductions, torture, and killing.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_interrogation_techniq...
3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality_in_the_United...