Thanks to all. Privacy is the critical concern. The rejection of TIA was a hopeful sign but probably that battle's in the early rounds. And asking citizens to do police work has always been a bad idea, even though things like the Amber Alert and America's Most Wanted have produced results.

Frankly, most of the others - without diminishing them - have impacted not the average American, but those suspected of terrorist acts or aid. Are any of those people even American citizens? (I don't recall.) Lindh, who I know was American, was afforded due process, such as it was, and plea bargained 20 years.

You'll get no argument from me about privacy, but the question was about Haggard's remark. And so far, the average American, the gal you see at Wal-Mart or Peet's, has been impaired only when flying and, if Rich is right, when doing research in particular areas.