Then comes this jab at Michael Ward’s boss from German: “Unfortunately, the view that both Ward and the ACLU share isn’t reflected in the FBI’s policies, or its practices. To the contrary, FBI policies permit the kind of surveillance Ward rightly criticizes.”

So far there’s been silence from Obama, Mueller, Attorney General Eric Holder and most of the media.

And what about the Republican presidential candidate, who’s been silent thus far? I wish he’d say something about both the FBI violations and the Federal Aviation Administration’s prediction that “30,000 drones could be in the nation’s skies by 2020” (“Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress,” Shaun Waterman, washingtontimes.com, Feb. 7).

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, a dauntless warrior for our Constitution, warns us to prepare for this ultimate raid on our privacy:

“The whole reason we have a Bill of Rights is to assure that tyranny does not happen here, to guarantee that the government, to which we have supposedly consented, will leave us alone. Do you think the government accepts that? Would you feel safe with a drone in your backyard? Would you feel like you were in America?” (“Is there a drone in your backyard?” Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, foxnews.com, May 17).