>>Never forget. We lost our innocence that day.
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>Correction: We lost some of our freedom because of that day.
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>They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin

In some of the after-Snowden publications it can be seen that many programs were already in place in 2000. Yes, it was stepped up/brakes removed - but the trend was well under way