Has the U.S. become a security state?

[hilbert]

Has the U.S. become a security state? A NSA whistleblower says the NSA has copies of approximately 20 trillion emails. Anytime you send an email message to a friend, NSA is likely keeping a copy of it at their huge data storage facility in Utah. See a video here of his interview:

Whistleblower: The NSA is Lying