Man bites dog: Glenn Greenwald makes sense

Usually Mr. Greenwald is cheering for more state power and restrictions on people's rights:  More restrictive laws and the shackles and cruel punishmens that go with them.  But at least when it comes to the overreaching national security state his judgement is sound.  The money graf from the Guardian:

The way things are supposed to work is that we’re supposed to know virtually everything about what they do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals.

This dynamic – the hallmark of a healthy and free society – has been radically reversed. Now, they know everything about what we do, and are constantly building systems to know more. Meanwhile, we know less and less about what they do, as they build walls of secrecy behind which they function. That’s the imbalance that needs to come to an end. No democracy can be healthy and functional if the most consequential acts of those who wield political power are completely unknown to those to whom they are supposed to be accountable.