That's not true. The Congress almost defunded the NSA recently. It was a far closer thing than anyone in the establishment suspects. In the end, we are a country that values it's privacy, values small government, and we'll assert that sooner or later. It may be later. But hey, it took a long time for us to figure out slavery, women's rights, civil rights, gay rights, and drug rights. But in the end we did the right thing, and we'll do the right thing on this.
Patience.