tim mak. tim? guest: yes, hi. caller: good morning. am a former nsa correspond er, and i have to admit 90% of the surveillance done is not for foreign bodies but for our own citizens in this country. please be aware, americans. guest: well, the nsa has insisted it does not collect the content of calls between americans without a warrant. host: miles from oklahoma, a democratic caller. did i say that right, miles? caller: yes, sir. thank you, c-span. host: welcome. caller: ok, i have two points. ok, 1 -- i was in special forces for quite a few years and did my secret stuff overseas and everything. the united states did not know what we was doing, and we did not hurt the united states. now, we still got that going on but the patriot act, when it came in, it put down laws and everything for the united states , and, tim, you said they were in secret. what it does is we have the government that is supposed to protect the people. for the people, and by the people. and this has gone by the wayside here in a few years. thank you. host: tim mak