I find this a grotesque overreach. I heard May's comments on the radio this morning and could hardly believe the brazen nature of openly promising to turf one of the pillars of cultured society; the support of civility, privacy and human rights.

Subversion of proper process in the context of what many have proposed is a manifested situation with nefarious motivations is indefensible. I recommend @sgtreport as just one of a number of voices articulately shining analytical concerns on the events that are triggering this power grab.

It is plain as day that the stripping of human rights is not intended to be restricted to "terrorist suspects". How on earth is that even defined unambiguously? This is a policy intended to uniformly and indescriminately strip rights from the citizenry.

The prudent enforcement of borders would have been an appropriate and effective preventative tool. The fact that the path chosen is one that imposes more state power makes the justifications highly questionable.

I wrote the following this morning that I think is relevant to the discussion.

In a letter widly believed to be penned by Benjamin Franklin written for the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1755 comes the following gem:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."