Posting this essay is a a gyp because the antidote to hysteria about the Patriot Acts is to force the antis to go into specifics. How can we debate the author's points when they are not present?
So was I. The government is the police which is local law enforcement. I can club you and take your wallet more readily if I know the police wont come looking for me.
Look, this guy likes metal detectors but he doesent like to take his shoes off. Thats fine, but its not the big hysteria civil rights connundrum he makes it out to be. Oh, and I notice the obligatory complaint about "racial profiling". Yea, lets pretend humans cant be discerning and rational and un"prejudiced" when it comes to security. Whatever.