In a word 'No'. In two words 'Absolutely not.'
The US PATRIOT Act - "The new law simply makes clear – consistent with the intent of the Congress that enacted FISA in 1978 – that our intelligence community should not have to get bogged down in a court approval process to gather *foreign* intelligence on targets located in *foreign* countries. It does not change the strong protections FISA provides to Americans in the United States – surveillance directed at people in the United States continues to require court approval as it did before." Page's own emphasis. Surveillance because American law enforcement thinks it's necessary, without oversight? Up to them, their country, their rules, I'll make sure our personal data is stored elsewhere ...
(https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/paa-dispelling-myths.html)
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