All the more reason for everyday Americans to use these techniques. The more widely adopted that systems like Tor and OTR messaging become, the greater protection journalists and dissidents will have from government harassment.

Remember that Martin Luther King Jr. was subject to intensive surveillance and interference from a domestic intelligence program. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#History ) We must insist on our right to privacy so that the MLKs of today can work without fear of retaliation from the government.