When a Renegade Church and a Zealous County Health Department Collide

I find it hard to be sympathetic when every other organization that espouses a divergent viewpoint gets the same treatment. MLK and the late 50s/early 60s civil rights people got extensive surveillance. Anti-war protestors get it every war. I suspect a lot of the anti-surveillance people and organizations get surveillance.

Are intelligence collection agencies supposed to give special categories of people a pass because of tradition, or unwritten rules, or because gentlemen don't read other gentlemen's mail? Is it ok to watch Quakers for anti-war expression, but not megachurches for anti-mask sentiments?