I feel we will be literally shooting ourselves in the foot if we do not allow a lot more leeway in finding and rooting out homegrown and imported terrorists. A strong Patriot Act has done wonders along this route, and I know of no one saying there have been any abuses in the usage of this act. I too, believe in total freedom of our citizens, and I too, want the freedom to come and go as we please, but I can't use those freedoms if I am dead by the hands of the terrorists, and I sure want them stopped by any method we can use to stop them. How stupid we have become on this remains to be seen, but I'll bet there are three thousand families in New York and New Jersey that wish this law had be around before 9/11.
Here is the bottom line. We have very lax immigration laws, not to mention illegal immigration. The democrats, of course, want every foreigner possible in the U.S and voting so as the water down the vote of Mr. and Mrs. Average American. The democrats see the foreigners as another special interest group they can cater to and buy votes.
This, of course, has some pretty bad ramifications, the least of which are people voting who really shouldn't be. We have already seen the worst of what lax immigration can lead to - 9/11.
If immigration laws were much stricter, foreigners screened much better before being allowed in the country, and the flow of illegal immigration was stopped, we could reasonably have a little more faith and trust in those on American soil. Few have the political nerve to make it tougher for legal and illegal immigrants to enter the country, especially democrats; therefore, we have no choice but to spy on those who are here but really shouldn't be.
We have a choice - severely curtail the flow of foreigners into the country and expand civil rights by pushing government back, OR continue what we're doing. Any other option is asking for more terrorist attacks.