So it's okay to let the FBI monitor anything it wants because a terrorist has used it. Gee that would mean potentially: all public transportation, taxis, telecoms, and the internet. So nice of you to call for the repealing of the 4th amendment. *insert ben franklin quote about security and freedom here.* As for the internet monitoring goes, given enough time and publicly availible documentation I could probably write encryption software that would defeat their monitoring. But why would I need to do that? There are plenty of commercial packages that would meet my needs already, SSH being the best one. Oh $hit, look out now guys, they're calling for the outlawing of Computer Science classes because they might aid terrorists!!!
No, but in a tax-funded public library, when I KNOW the librarians are against us, I'd rather have mohammed atta picked up than my grandkid view pornography.