"Every time you pick up the phone"

New York's police commissioner says you should be okay with the government intercepting your every phone call. Ray Kelly's been quoted in the New York Post:

“I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you pick up the phone, it’s going to be recorded and it goes to the government,” Kelly said. “I think the public can understand that. I see no reason why that program was placed in the secret category.

We do not belong to the government. We have a right to privacy. It's a disgrace the way nanny state types want ever more access to, and control over, our private lives.