At the heart of this, we have the government spying on it's people. I should care about this a lot more than I do, but I just can't bring myself to care if the government knows what I do with my spare time. I really don't understand why I don't care all that much.. I just don't. If they want to hear what I should pick up at the store, or where I'm going camping, or what time I'll arrive at the party I'm going to, or what time I'm going to sleep with my mistress(Hi EJ!) instead of my girlfriend, great. Let them know. I understand how this can be concern, and that concern could be very valid, it's just not a concern for me.
But I do care that they kept it a secret. And I will say that if we're going to continue this, we need to have a very strict transparency policy, and make rules and regulations on who in the Government can listen to these calls. Obviously, you can't have a guy that lives in Tampa listening to his neighbors calls. That just leaves too large a chance for abuse. But, say, the people in Cincinatti listening in to the people in Denver's calls make a little more sense.