I agree with you, and here's another tightrope the GOP is walking: The Patriot Act with a Reno-style AG.
I don't even want to think about that possibility.
When we think of these bills we simply must think about Clinton, Lanny Davis, Anne Lewis, James Carville, Vernon Jordan, Monica Blewhimsky, Reno, Web Hubble, Hillary Clinton...
It is also advisable to think of the FBI and BATF. We've already seen what they are capable of. Imagine them on steroids with these new laws. It was scarey enough before these laws.