Bring on the CCTVs and people watching them. The street is public space and what you do there is not private. I live in a building with no cameras in the elevators and hallways and I can tell you when you visit "Watch your step". Nothing says fun like stepping into a puddle of liquid when entering an elevator here.

I an not comfortable with the govt spying on US citizens. Yes, there are threats and they need to be stopped but I wonder how far they will go. Lets not forget that the more info the govt collects on its citizens, the more chances that it could fall into the wrong hands.

All it takes is one hard core "Patriot" to say "Most liberals are terrorist friends and they should be eliminated". It would be real easy to make a list from the data collected.

If you talk a lot about the Koran or talk about the poor conditions at Gitmo bay, are you going to attract attention? Remember the US on spurious info rounded up a bunch of Japanese people and put them in camps. What happens to people who point out the problems or crticize policy?
They could be seen as potential terrorists or real terrorists.

I bet that its an uphill battle to say "No" to the people who want to invade more privacy.