shit.. they haven't had to do that since Oct 2001.. with passage of the Pat act..
haven't you heard of 'stop and frisk' for just being black and outside?
warrant-less 'no knock' searches of your home?
holding people without charge or representation indefinitely?
why should we be surprised that can listen to our phone calls.. this country surrendered to fear on 9/11/01... Bin Laden won and he never even knew it..
Absolutely. Bin Laden did win. Not that there wasn't anything to react to, obviously there was. But we surrendered our common sense, along with reasonable expectations of privacy. It's the ole, "Well, if you're not doing anything wrong, what are you worried about?" That argument opens a lot of doors that aren't to the benefit of the average citizen...but more intrusion.
