We don't look like a police state, at least not like the ones portrayed in movies. Yet, the Executive branch now has the authority to classify anyone, including U.S. citizens, as "enemy combatants" and to indefinitely imprison anyone so designated. No habius corpus, no right to challenge it, no need to prove anything in court, no need to even bother with the formality of warrant. Even assuming we can trust the current President and everyone else in the administration to not abuse this power, we are now dependent on the honesty and integrity of individuals for our freedom. The very thing this country was founded to protect against. Remember those quaint notions from civics class? About being the rule of law, not of men? About due process and checks and balances?