Ron Paul is the shizz.. however he will end up the next “Goldwater” so to speak.

Of course we can see how that falls apart. But in that age, the bigger fear was Communism and the Soviet Union.

As for the Patriot Act. Maybe I read too many novels … but it would make sense that with the huge staff at the pentagon, they are always running scenarios and “What ifs …” I would expect and want to have numerous situations covered ahead of time. Someone should and probably is being paid to put together plans, many of which are never more than a theoretical exercise. This makes it easy to pull something off the shelf and revise to fit the needs of the moment.