Think about this for a second.

America's new security apparatus must be allowed to read your private emails and texts to keep America safe, we're told.

At the same time, a man with a knife in his pocket can dash through the unlocked front door of the White House and run amok for awhile.

Just take a moment and let that sink in because, frankly, it's breathtaking.

National security? Not so much. Spying on and exerting control over the citizenry? Well, they've got that task covered backwards and forwards.