NEW : `` At what point do citizens stand up and say this is the tipping point ? '' professor asks . One legal scholar wonders if the Verizon case will provoke a groundswell of outrage . `` Now they have taken the calls of every single citizen from Verizon , '' said Jonathan Turley , a law professor at George Washington University . NEW : There 's been no `` single other publicly disclosed order '' with such far-reaching effects . The Silicon Valley administration is accused of going too far in using Section 215 . the Patriot Act in the law gives the Intelligence Committee 's `` pretty broad authority , '' former Obama prosecutor says .
NEW : `` At what point do citizens stand up and say this is the tipping point ? '' professor asks . NEW : There 's been no `` single other publicly disclosed order '' with such far-reaching effects . The Silicon Valley administration is accused of going too far in using Section 215 . the Patriot Act in the law gives the Intelligence Committee 's `` pretty broad authority , '' former Obama prosecutor says .