This kind of nonsense is precisely why government and their tiny-brained bureaucrats should never be given the kind of powers the War On TerrorismTM has enabled them to grab.
Each time civil liberties groups argue against these laws noting the historical precedents for such "mission creep" the proponents of draconian surveillance rebuff them with platitudes about "robust checks and balances" and "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear".
I guess the horse is long bolted, but it's depressing, nonetheless.
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