User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Digital Protest Against the FISA Improvements Act/@comment-3441771-20140205034412/@comment-82.14.92.255-20140205153954

"Terrorist nut jobs make lawmakers afraid, and the first thing they do is throw democracy and freedom out the window faster than you can say "police state".

Not quite - they make lawmakers rub their hands together in glee, because it gives them an excuse to throw democracy and freedom out of the window.