Unfortunately we have seen too much of governments lying to the public or even under oath to Congress and violating existing laws with impunity. The Obama administration and the head of the NSA James Clapper lied to Congress about breaking the law:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/fire-dni-james-c...
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This is the link that the Schneier (who explains some very complex stuff really well) post is based on:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/interview/g...