We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.

The public has a right to know what kind of monitoring the government is doing, and there should be a public discussion of the appropriate trade-offs between law enforcement and privacy rights.

DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.

When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.

Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.

Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.