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.
I know, I was here. I thought it was a bad idea even then, and even when given to a seemingly good man, let alone the implications of his successors inheriting such powers.