To bring about a fascist state, all one need do is scare the populace.
Or in this case, take advantage of an externally-produced scare.
"Or in this case, take advantage of an externally-produced scare."
Are you saying Al Queda and it's friends are (1)a myth, (2)did not produce 9/11 and all the other terrorist attacks on us in 1990s, (3)are not seeking to penetrate our domestic defenses now and (4) not hoping to make new 9/11 style attacks here?
And what is that we could do before, to track this "myth", that we do not need the Patriot Act to do?