I’m sure Michael Medved would say all of this stuff just makes us safer.
You don’t have to scratch Michael Medved very deeply to find “big government thug”.
Include Hugh Hewitt in your indictment as well. His column this morning cautions "conservatives" not to overreact to these increasing attacks on American citizens by our government as to do so would undermine our national security. (At least I haven't heard Medved adopt Hewitt's code word for amnesty (for illegal aliens) -- that is "regularization".)
I suppose this is what happens to a self-described "constitutional law professor" after so many years in the Washington and GOP "elite" circle of power. I've listened to and read Hugh Hewitt for more than two decades and I am so sad with his political and philosophical "evolution" ... very sad indeed.