This is exactly the problem. As ck2 seems to be suggesting, laws should be passed which make it illegal. At least, that is how I interpreted her critiques of "executive changes"
Yes it has to be done at the congressional level, not executive, to make it much much harder to undo and with public exposure.
But considering the state of our congress, we're screwed.
I believe that they aren't against bulk metadata collection because the majority of the public also is not against it.
It has to be done at the congressional level. Why won't Obama just do that already?
we already have a Constitution. how many more laws do we need to state the obvious? The problem isn't a lack of laws, it's a lack of an Enforcement group that is above partisan politics.