The U.S. government has been ignoring/violating the Constitution for years...I and I'm sure many others can cite example after example. Why now, during a time of war, are you suddenly freaking out?
First of all, we are not at war, not unless the Senate has declared it recently and no one told me.
Secondly, because it is growing worse. Before, they were tramping on the fringes, so to speak. Now, they're encroaching on the more basic principles.
When the inner walls show signs of cracks and the sounds of battering rams grow increasingly more loud, I begin to grow more concerned.
I don't think the government caused 9/11, as some do. But I do think they couldn't have hoped for a more golden opportunity to advance totalitarian issues than the terrorists provided them.
Tuor