? Who are the large numbers of people you speak of, who decided perceived "safety and security" are more desirable than freedom? Far as I can tell the general

? Who are the large numbers of people you speak of, who decided perceived "safety and security" are more desirable than freedom? Far as I can tell the general public had no say in the legislation, and the legislatures who pushed through the Patriot Act reassured their constituents that the abuses we're witnessing were not under the realm of possibility. Meanwhile the Feds techniques of warrant-less intervention and forced entry of suspects phone have yet to yield measurable results. The general public is mindless to the extent of surveillance and the aggregation of that data, the vast majority are certainly unaware of the possible unintended consequences of wanton disregard for the 3rd, 4th and 5th amendments. Only a third of Americans can even name all three branches of government, to believe they're informed on matters they don't understand on a technical or philosophical level is badly overestimating the American Public.