A "tad" more?
This is to the Patriot Act what cannibalism is to sushi.
I said a "tad" tongue in cheek. The Patroit act is just one more step in a long journey toward tyranny.
Jefferson foretold it. Nothing historically catastrophic has happened.
Some places it happens slowly, (here) some places it happens quickly, Russia. In Germany and Japan in the 20s and 30s it went the whole distance in one generation.