It is of course an exaggeration, but my point was more that the technology is now there to make that list.
As a foreigner, this list could prevent me entering the United States. Comments posted on Twitter and Facebook have been used as reasons to reject people from entering the US in recent times.
Remember that US citizens get different rules to everyone else. UN charters such as those on prisoner's of war, human rights and torture have been ripped up by the last two US administrations. It is pertinent to note that the US does it's brutality outside the US and generally away from the eyes of its own citizens. Other brutal regimes tend to fall quickly because they do that to their own.
As I see it from the outside, your country has been stolen from you without your knowledge. It is organisations like Wikileaks and people like Edward Snowden that have started to tell us all the truth. This is why they are so important, and so very very dangerous to the powers behind the throne.
Ok, tin foil hat time:
Imagine for a minute that Obama and Bush both entered
into power without nefarious aims. Imagine that you sit
in the Oval Office on day one of your presidency when
some guy in a black suit gets shown in.
He says "Good morning Mr President" and presents you
with a little black folder. You open the folder and flick
through the pages and pages of documents, reading it slowly.
You look up and say to the man, "Who are you? What do you want?".
The man gives you a cell phone and says, "You keep this phone
with you at all times. You do not question the person at the
other end. You do not speak about this to anyone else. You'll have
some wins as president if you play ball, but otherwise we own you".
"I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge or even the President, if I had a personal e-mail,"
That kind of power makes sure that politicians do their bidding. Whoever "they" are.
Ok, tin-foil hat back in the drawer...