A one word answer to your question would be “nothing.”
But we “whiners” can never leave well enough alone.
And let me say we are not “anti-government.” We simply believe that the Constitution defines the government and when the government exceeds the powers granted it by the Constitutions it becomes despotic and must be reigned in or abolished.
As is stated in other posted on this thread the government has all of the Constitutionally granted powers necessary to deal with the terrorist threat. The government however declines to use those powers because it is unwilling to suffer the political risk involved in using those powers.
If Mr. Bush were serious about his oath to the defend the Constitution and uphold the laws of the United States he would be using a readily available profile of the terrorist to stop the terrorist within our boarders and stop new terrorist for entering our country. Further he would use his powers as head of the Executive branch to execute foreign policy and cute off relations with those who support terrorist. Then we could wage war on the terrorist directly instead of the halfhearted measures currently in place.
OK. How in the blue hell can giving up our freedoms protect us from these Islamic Fundamentalist jerks. Explain that one to me.
I'll protect myself and my family, thank you.
Do you agree with the article, as your post implies?
(But... You wouldn't state the scenario in the terms the author used.)