The Land of the Free

The NSA is building its biggest surveillance center ever ($2 billion to build, $40 million annually just for the electricity bill). Verizon is handing over customer data to the NSA and FBI without court orders. FBI wants an easier access via backdoors to everything from GMail, Hotmail, Facebook, G+ Chatrooms, Twitter, P2P sites, Skype, Messaging systems, Xbox Game servers, and so forth. Constant omnipresent video surveillance with face recognition. Drones following your every move. Is the US still the land of the free?