Gotcha there. The Soviets were extremely paranoid of other nations. They considered themselves threatened on literally every border they had. I've seen maps of theirs with arrows pointing from every direction into their country, depicting foreign invaders. Their response, as in 1984 and now our own nation was to install a police state because of a foreign threat, real or imagined.
And you can bet they called it terrorism.
Only if you think those examples are a reasonable comparison with the Soviet Union progroms; an absurd comparison.
Secret police, military as law enforcement, midnight knocks (or flash bangs) and on and on.... All of these are new or relatively new. We're moving in the wrong direction.
I don't think so.
Paranoia is one thing; actually suffering damage something else entirely.
Name one actual event similar to our 911 incident.
I agree, we are moving in the wrong direction, but most of that was under Willie's watch, with no real justification.
I do not believe that the American public, absent a greater danger, will ever tolerate further intrusion into our normal state.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see.