Wanna see something really scary?

This is the basic problem with bending the rules on civil liberties. No matter how noble the first incursion, once one circumstance is found where it's okay to break them, it's only a matter of time until somebody thinks they've found another.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Addressing the spread of methamphetamines already devastating some rural U.S. communities, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a package of measures aimed at stiffening penalties and making it harder for meth "cooks" to obtain common ingredients.

The drug package was wrapped into the larger Patriot Act anti-terrorism bill, which passed the House , .....

I don't always support the clients of the ACLU, but this is their whole raison d etre.