I was really disheartened when I watched that Republican presidential debate a few months back, in which each candidate was asked about the tradeoffs between li

I was really disheartened when I watched that Republican presidential debate a few months back, in which each candidate was asked about the tradeoffs between liberty and security. Aside from Ron Paul, every single candidate on the stage issued a blanket declaration that warrantless surveillance, detentions without due process, and various other infringements on the Constitution were not just acceptable tradeoffs, but necessary ones in the name of "security" (or, really, the mere appearance thereof). By no means are the Republicans the only politicians party to this attitude, and I don't mean to single them out. But that particular debate really brought everything into alarming focus. Discarding the liberties afford to US citizens by our founders, as laid down in the Constitution, will do more to destroy this country's greatness than any single act of terrorism ever could.