Collateral Damage

This story is what every American fears: the damage that can be caused by our government's electronic overreach -- the collection of everything about everyone -- and the catastrophe that can occur when government agents are given free rein to invade people's private communications, with the boundless tools available to them.

This story goes far beyond the narrative of one powerful man's unbridled ego, ill-timed infidelity, a jealous mistress and her relentless efforts to haunt an innocent fa...