One of the most frightening things to me is that when they have done things like requiring librarians to spy and inform on their patrons, they have also made it illegal for them to even tell us it has been done. This also holds for other info-gathering activities. If I have info on you, they are now allowed to get it from me, under threat of legal penalty, and I am required NOT to tell you about it. That sort of super-secret governing is what we fought a revolution to get away from.