Transparency
While Congress has shifted to botching to the latest “problem” griping the nation, the EFF is pursuing the previous one: the Bush administration’s wire-tapping program. You can pick any number of fundamental problems with large scale wire-tapping but the most serious by far is the lack of oversight. Bruce Schneier says, “when it comes to government, trust is based on transparency.” If we cannot trust our government then we should not give them these powers and we must punish them if they abuse the powers we do give them.