It seems that in addition to arbitrary and indefinite detention of U.S. citizens and resident, as authorized through the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA) that a supporting piece of legislation that lengthens the time the government can hold information on you has also been signed into law:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/americans-data-held-longer-under-counterterrorism-rules-053900195.html
As I replied to this same story on Huffington Post:
Freedom from terrorism is inversely proportional to loss of freedom.
This is the very bedrock of fascism. Yes, September 11, 2001 did indeed change everything forever.
The USA PATRIOT ACT and NDAA have a historical precedent.
Its called the ENABLING ACT.
Douglass, Frederick
“No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.”
Reality Check (related to NDAA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIevNRKDdRQ