Agreed, but it didn't include me.
My view is that the government should *NEVER*, under any circumstances and for any reason, have more power, funding or authority - even if currently being run by the BEST of men- than we would want it to have if run by the worst of men.
And I'd go even farther -- no more of any of that stuff than the bare minimum they need to discharge their Constitutionally mandated duties. IOW, even if a given power could only EVER be used for good, even by the worst scoundrel, they still don't get that power if they don't need it to do their job as defined by the Constitution.
There was a *LOT* of “if you aren’t doing anything wrong, what do you have to worry about” right after 911 used to justify the Patriot Act and Gitmo. Then once we have a socialist neo revolutionary in the White House all the supposed ‘conservatives’ wake up to maybe renditions, wiretaps/phone intercepts and vehicle tracking without a warrant aren’t such a great idea.