This is a disturbing trend. While the piece focuses on the USA, it is also true in Canada and other Nations. It always surprises me just how quickly any violation of personal freedom can be defended as protecting from terrorism.
Whenever the DHS or TSA feels they need more money, they couch the request to Congress in terms of defending against a terrorist threat. To make the assertion that invading a person's freedom is "required" for the greater good is nothing more than hyperbole.
Worse, the same policing agencies (NSA, TSA, etc) who claim they are acting in the greater good have horrible track-records in protecting citizens rights. The countless, documented abuses of the very power they demand should be a warning to us all. Whether they have legal authority or not, these Agencies will continue to violate the rights of its citizens and its visitors.
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