Originally Posted by
WillCAD
We've moved beyond the point where public protest and outrage can alter government policy. No amount of media coverage will convince the lawmakers who have empowered the federal bureacracy to use fascist techniques that they should disempower the federal bureacracy. They're all too scared of being labeled "Soft on terr'ism" and losing their next election.
Sad and painfully accurate. Even the NSC is afraid of putting a stop to the DHS/TSA excess, lest "something bad happens" and the President is then blamed.