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It bothers me that most governments in the "free world" consider privacy to be a "national security threat". While I understand and often support eavesdropping on criminals with appropriate judicial supervision, the idea that privacy is first a threat and second a privilege granted by the government is deeply disturbing.
It's an outgrowth of the perception that the government, even in the "free world" of democratically elected governments, is somehow separate and greater than the citizens who provide the governments mandate and charter to exist. I agree that it would be great if the government recognized that it should act in the best interests of the people, not in the best interests of its own continued existence, especially as the latter assumes that the continued existence of the government as it is RIGHT NOW is somehow in the best interest of the people.