DouglasD let's hope you right, e.g. now let me see.... protection of the nation's security and innocent lives.... as opposed to those who'd promote freedom for this, that, and the other....... which is the more important ?
One would hope that, post 11/9, on the list of things to worry about, concern w.r.t. the Data Protection act, etc. is going to be waaaaayyyyyyyy down the list ! ...... as in, 'If you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to worry about'.
Nb. If any bleeding heart 'freedom for this' and 'freedom for that' protagonists still can't figure it, then please ask yourself just how much freedom have the corpses of those murdered on September 11th ?!
Ps. Sorry to hijack your thread, had a bit of a long week, needed to blow some steam... please accept my apologies.