as a systems administrators contracted by the nsa, notably is quite a bit less than the 200 grand he claimed to have been making. the justice department is reportedly already working on pursuing criminal charges against snowden which is said to be the first step necessary to force him to return to the u.s. and the aclu filed a lawsuit against the obama administration today charging that the newly released phone record collection being done by the government is illegal. the aclu is asking the judge to bar the mass collection of domestic phone logs and to order existing records to be purged. arguing the program, quote, gives the government a comprehensive record of our associations and public movements, revealing a wealth of detail about our familial, political, professional, religious and intimate associations. but all of that said, when you look at public opinion, americans appear at the moment, at least, you may be watching this feel this way, to be fairly tolerant of this kind of surveillance. when you ask as pollsters from