"We must restrict the freedom of Americans so we can better restrict the freedom of people we say are bad". What's more important, the freedom of Americans or

"We must restrict the freedom of Americans so we can better restrict the freedom of people we say are bad". What's more important, the freedom of Americans or the possibility that North Koreans or other "bad" people on the other side of the world can escape the edicts of the US government? Personally I'm far more concerned with the former than the latter. I'm far from alone in thinking that we should massively downsize the federal government and strip them of most of their powers.