Just to be accurate, this increased surveillance state began after 911 when GWB and the GOP establishment asked for it, and while a good many Dems raised objections and concerns joined by a few Pubs, both parties went along with it. So, I think there is plenty of blame to go around.
The lesson here is we should be very, very, very wary when politicians declare a crisis and offer an expansion of the powers of government as a necessary response.
The lesson here is we should be very, very, very wary when politicians declare a crisis and offer an expansion of the powers of government as a necessary response.