Are you talking to Al Quaeda? If not, nobody's interested.
Hmmmm. So, what's the difference between the Stasi in East Germany saying it was for 'National Security' and a democratic White House under Hillary Clinton saying it's for 'National Security'? And when it's no longer Al Qaeda they're worried about? When they begin to consider political action groups to be a threat to 'National Security'? What then?
The rest of you can lap this up if you want- that's you're choice of course- but nothing on this Earth can make me like this. If that makes me a 'bad conservative'- I don't care.
Why wouldn't you approve of using the same tools against a McVeigh? Hamas? Is Al Qaeda the only organization of concern?