..."This is also true. It's also why we, as citizens who, ourselves, are sworn to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States have to stay vigilant as all hell during these times..............and even more so when it suddenly becomes generally accepted that "the war on terrorism" is won / over (which will never be a specific date like VE or VJ Day; it'll be a gradual realization; a general understanding of the world situation; perceived changes in mindsets in those countries that have traditionally supported terrorism, etc.)"....
This is probably the most scary thus far of what's been written on this thread.....as though the average Amerikan is going to ' stay vigilant' for a long stretch of years....after the hoopla of the current bombing exercise, it will be back to the arena to watch sports, Suicide, Marry a Millionaire, or whatever......and over these years, the FBI/CIA/DOD/NSA/Fadderland Security will all be coming back again and again 'needing' more of this or that....while the sheeple are being lulled to sleep with assurances that 'we're still striking at terrorists--remember we said it would be a long time, yada yada yada. And with a definite or set date or time period not set, suddenly, we have another generation underfoot that has never lived under anything less than a 'state of war', much like Afghanis under 23 years of age!!!
If you've never had steak (various freedoms), why would you insist on eating one?
Oops.....not "Suicide", but The Survivors or whatever the devil the name of that show is...is it Temptation Island? Geeze...
Read the law and its provisions.......especially its "sunset clause", Rowdee. You're ignoring it. You may not approve, you may not like it, you may even be convinced (and evidently are) that it will be roundly ignored. Can't have it both ways; either laws are followed or they aren't. Which is it?