Its not a security scare, its been known for quite some time that its possible to psychologically manipulate people like this. Not content to fix it the right

Its not a security scare, its been known for quite some time that its possible to psychologically manipulate people like this. Not content to fix it the right way which involves actually limiting their power, government is trying to do it the socialist/totalitarian way. Written so broadly, and so loosely that anything the higher ups decide to do won't violate the law (even if it violates their own authority granted to them by the constitution). There's a good book by USMC University on Political Warfare which goes into depth about how these campaigns often work out.