You know, the ones that lost my personal data to great fanfare and press coverage...and then recently did it again (this time with very little coverage). The same government that runs the Social Security Administration and its associated privacy breaches? Just wanted to be clear about who we are talking about here.
As to the explosion in the "security apparatus" that is easily explained. America is schizophrenic. We (as a nation, not me personally) want perfect safety and perfect freedom at the same time. We want complete security but no lines at airport check ins. In other words, we want, we want, we want, we DEMAND! but do not want to pay the price for the things we are wanting/demanding. Personally, I have said from the beginning that accepting a certain level of risk is simply the price we pay for living in a free society. But our legislators (and our executives too) are always under pressure to DO SOMETHING D@^^N IT! and when the DO SOMETHING is precisely when we get in trouble.
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