Yeah, I'm afraid we may see pressure to further erode civil liberties under the guise of stopping the enemy of the day. After all, this enemy is uniquely evil,

Yeah, I'm afraid we may see pressure to further erode civil liberties under the guise of stopping the enemy of the day. After all, this enemy is uniquely evil, and we need to stop them in any way we can or society as we know it will be destroyed. (or so goes the story that we replay over and over)