Cat'scradle's concern is a legitimate one, even if his way of saying it is a bit abrasive. We are all aware that abrogations of rights, such as the elimination of the necessity of a search warrant, increase the potential of abuse by law enforcement to the point where "terrorists" are not the only targets, but the same rules may soon be applied to anarchists, communists, Baha'ists, and other Enemies of the State. The definition of "Enemies of the State" being subject to the disgression of the individual law enforcement officer", these extraordinary measures call for careful and continuous scrutiny. We in America have been subject to gradual change and re-definition of our basic rights since the Constitution was written. Where the bounds were obviously overstepped (Prohibition Amendment), our system has shown the remarkable ability to self-correct. Other abridgements in the name of crisis (the No-Knock Law in the "war on drugs", the displacement of Japanese Americans in WW 2) have either become standard procedure, or dismissed as one-time aberrations. Of the two, the changes that become standard procedure are most frightening to me.