IT’S FOR SECURITY

It’s for security. That’s what they’ll say when we ask why it takes three hours to board a plane, or when the airports are closed, or streets are blocked. It’s for security. The justification for radically expanding the government’s authority to watch us, to detain us, to prosecute us. It’s for security. How we’ll be convinced to present national ID cards in order to purchase a hammer at Wal-Mart, or condoms, or a book on Islam. It’s for security! The rallying cry of a frightened and grieving nation, a nation that has never before surrendered to fear and has only […]