NOW IT'S A PIOUS "WE CAN'T DO THAT"

"There is no way that we can collect data on American citizens without a warrant.  We can't do that because it is against the law.  For the same reason, we can't leak any of that information or use it against you, because that's against the law.  The fact that those things happened in some few cases at I.R.S., E.P.A. and D.O.J. has nothing to do with it; they were inadvertent errors.  Now, that concludes our investigations and these issues are are cleared up.  Trust us; everything is fine.  Go home and go to bed; rest well because your country is in our hands."