Snowden and a Biblical View of Privacy - Why the 4th Amendment?

Here is the interesting case of Edward Snowden, a Ron Paul supporter and a whistle blower on the NSA. But why are Americans in favor of the right to privacy for abortions while they are more than happy to give up all other rights to privacy? Kevin Swanson comments on the Biblical view of governments that are always taking censuses and gathering loads of information on the citizenry. What would our founders think of our all-powerful government? What would the citizens in the Gulag Archipelago think?