I told my reps that there should absolutely no circumstance when the US Dept. of Defense collects data on hundreds of million US Citizens. period, end of story. There is no way it is constitutional.
You told them this when? Just after the Patriot Act was passed?
Because that's when it stated happening.
As soon as it was revealed what the NSA was doing. I also argued against the passage of the original patriot act and it's subsequent reups. You know the ones your dear leader said he wouldn't approve.