News Reports have recently surfaced revealing that the National Security Agencies surveillance of American citizens may be wider ranging than previously thought. A recent announcement by Congress suggested that the top secret spy organization’s monitoring of domestic internet traffic has gone beyond legal limits.

This news comes as a result of leaked reports detailing the NSA’s potentially unconstitutional actions, after a whistleblower revealed that the NSA were training analysts to monitor large amounts of domestic email. These reports have raised new concerns about the National Security Agency and sparked an investigation by the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel.

In an age of increased domestic terrorism, it remains clear that authorities must be ever vigilant but many of these actions are flagrant and direct violations of the constitution. Much of this spying on American citizens has gone on without any form of court warrant, so technically it is illegal.

Because of the increase in domestic and international surveillance, the NSA has been targeting everyday communications that may or may not pertain to active terror investigations. This is in direct breach of the constitution and also countless privacy laws.

Given the difficulties exposed in identifying and separating domestic email foreign emails, laws were passed in order to ensure the protection of the National Security Agency. The NSA then exploited these laws to collect many millions of domestic e-mail records.

It would seem that everyday e-mail communications are no longer safe, and as a result even the average citizen should take precautions when sending sensitive information via email.

After these damning details were revealed, the National Security Agency refused to comment other than to provide a standard statement detailing that ‘technical errors can and do occur.’