[AndyJackson]

I ended up writing a paper that saw some necessity in forming such an agency to track terrorism on the internet

As someone pointed out the problem with the whole picture is that the DOD did such a good job of bombing terrorists over there that not much happened here. But we had these huge newly created domestic counterterrorism orgs which then got turned on conservative "hatemongers."

[13Sisters76]

There were no restrictions in the new law and NO oversight. It was wide open to abuse.