Right, and if it were possible for a &quot;good person&quot; to prove that they have been the target of illegal surveillance, they would have standing and they could challenge the law without creating any unfortunate situations.<p>The problem is that by the nature of surveillance and what the government does with the results (uses the tastiest bits as evidence and hides the rest), only &quot;bad people&quot; will ever be able to prove that they were the target of illegal surveillance. Thus the unfortunate situation.