<i>So you are saying that we fought for independence because British were invading our privacy?</i><p>Not only is he saying it, so is the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, whom he quoted.  
  <i>Opposition to such searches was in fact on of the
    driving forces behind the Revolution itself.</i><p>Did you even read the above paragraphs?<p>Yes, there were obviously other factors as well.