Member Of Congress: Edward Snowdens Revelations Are Just The Tip Of The IcebergMichael Snyder Many of our politicians have come down extremely hard on whistleblower Edward Snowden, but if it wasnt for him most Americans would have no idea what the NSA has been up to. Is the Obama administration going to come clean on this, or do we have to wait for even more whistleblowers to come forward? The American people deserve to know that they are being spied on, and it appears that those in charge of doing this spying have been flat out lying to Congress about it. Today, one of the most powerful men in the U.S. government is Keith Alexander, the Director of the NSA. According to aWired article that just came out, Alexander is regarded with a mixture of respect and fear by those inside the government Does that paragraph put a chill up your spine? It should. The free and open Internet that we enjoy today may not always exist. The power of government may eventually transform it into something else entirely. And asDr. Jerome Corsi has just written about, Alexander has now publicly confirmed much of what Edward Snowden has been alleging Yes, in this day and age every nation needs intelligence agencies. But they should be used to spy on the enemies of the American people, not on the American people themselves. The Fourth Amendment is supposed to be our guarantee that the government will not invade our privacy or investigate us unless there is probable cause that we have committed a crime. That means that if they dont have probable cause they are supposed to leave us alone. Unfortunately, those running our government seem to have a tremendous disdain for the U.S. Constitution. In fact, all over the Western world we are seeing freedoms and liberties being destroyed. The following is what Simon Black recently had to say about all of this Now is the time for the American people to stand up and object to all of this. If you are waiting for our politicians to save you, then you are going to be waiting for a very, very long time. And most Americans have already figured this out. According to a new Gallup survey that was just released, the confidence that the American people have in Congress is at an all-time low. Only 10 percent of all Americans have confidence in our legislative branch at this point. If the American people do not demand change now, it will be a signal to those doing the snooping that they can push the envelope even farther. We need to heed the warnings of the whistleblowers. Our own government has been listening to our most private conversations and they have been totally getting away with it. Just check out what NSA whistleblower Adrienne J. Kinne told NSA expert James Bamford Do you want the government to listen to your intimate, personal conversations, record them and stash them in a giant data center out in Utah where they will be held forever? If not, then this is your chance to stand up and demand change. This article first appeared here at the Economic Collapse Blog. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. 