Reply #2: You know, when it comes to tinfoil hats regarding the gov. right now, I don't blame her.

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South Carolina's left-wing Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, however, is supporting provisions to eradicate Posse Comitatus and dramatically expand the powers of the Federal government.

The US Senate Armed Forces Committee, led by Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ), held a secret closed door session to insert ominous new Federal powers into the Defense Authorization Bill. This is the annual bill to fund the US military. These new powers were requested by the Obama administration.

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-charleston-sc/lindsey-graham-calls-for-using-military-against-american-citizens#ixzz1eyV1fTNe

And lets not forget the great new piece by wired:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/reasons-to-wear-tinfoil-hats/

(snip)Warrantless GPS Tracking
The Obama administration claims Americans have no right to privacy in their public movements. (snip)

If you’re already not wanting a dose of Prozac, consider that the law allows the government to obtain Americans’ e-mails, without a warrant, if it’s stored on some other company’s servers for more than six months. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, adopted in 1986, turned 25 this year. When written, the law assumed e-mails left on a server for that long were abandoned.

In the age of Gmail, that’s simply ridiculous. A proposal to demand a court warrant for any and all e-mail never got a Senate hearing and was opposed by the Obama administration.(snip)

This admin isn't exactly batting 1000 on the civil liberties front.