According to the highly respected William Saffire in the equally highly respected New York Times, “Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade your receive, every bank deposit you make, every trip you book and every event you attend…”

I don’t know about you, but this really, really worries me. It’s a tough challenge: protecting America from terrorism. But if we sacrifice our fundamental rights, aren’t we handing victory to the bad guys on a silver platter?