Indeed. Having to respect any civil rights protections (the need for a warrant, habeas corpus, the right to silence, the right to avoid self-incrimination, the

Indeed. Having to respect any civil rights protections (the need for a warrant, habeas corpus, the right to silence, the right to avoid self-incrimination, the ban on torture, etc) makes life more difficulty for the authorities. But history shows that those societies that have no civil rights protections are not happy or prosperous over the long term, and a government that rids itself of all checks and balances is a government that must necessarily be authoritarian and unaccountable.