Purely by result I don't think you couldn't make out a difference if they did that or not. Easy to see that the war on terror dominated security policies for t

Purely by result I don't think you couldn't make out a difference if they did that or not. Easy to see that the war on terror dominated security policies for the last two decades in many countries, not only the five eyes. Officials build their image on that, being tough on X. Problem is that there isn't any effective opposition because people are afraid of everything these days.