>>”The government defended the new law saying it was necessary to protect the country from international terrorism and espionage.”<<
The problem is this is exactly what you say when its true but also exactly what you say when its an excuse for a power grab. Either way its an invitation to abuse so...
If its for real reasons its key to keep checks and balances in place.
And that is our concern about our government. I have not doubt the threat is real and the solution is sincerely directed at meeting that threat. I’m concerned about the inevitable tendency to mission creep into abuse and the removal of checks and balances.
Not because I think this government is going to come get me in the night - its because this is too much power to give to future Presidents. The unitary executive is too much like a king and not enough like an American President should be.
yea it is interesting they always find a ‘reason’ for various power grabs; it is up to the people to determine if that reason is legitimate or concocted, too often I fear it is the latter.