The issue has been making it's way toward the mainstream despite the security establishment doing their best to keep it on the fringe. The leadership has the most to lose---their reputation for establishing an un-American system. The tide is turning though, and it's important to get representatives voting on the record. With continued public outcry, if this thing is really put to a vote, the numbers will swell in opposition because politicians, if anything, are ego driven, and no one wants to be on the wrong side of history.