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Some People Wanted To Help Make America Better. So We’re Apparently Going To Put Them In Jail.

Our government is not perfect. It does some things right. It does others wrong. And then there’s this.

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Adam Mordecai

If you’d like to learn more and help send a message to the NSA, you could Like StopWatching.Us on Facebook and maybe join their rally on Saturday in D.C.? Even better, you could share this. Your call.

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