Of course they do, to be honest this news made my day seeing how far the US has gone.
This is what happens when you keep voting in the same people. Eventually they get all paranoid and become corrupt. Look at Diane Feinstein, she was talking about how she was pro-nsa, then all of the sudden the NSA spies on her and all of the sudden she is anti-nsa. Regardless of party or affiliation, these people develop some sort royalty complex where they are above the law. "Spying on our people is okay as long as its not me. Let's tax smog population, but I can drive and pollute the air as a I please. Let's abolish gun ownership as long as I get to keep mine and have an army of body guards."
Then you got the news spewing out propaganda to fit the view of whatever party they support. Both Fox and CNN suck, both of them horribly biased. Meanwhile those guys up on capital hill don't give two stuffs about you, they just say the things you want to hear so you'll vote for them next year.