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Now that...is the right question. The problem is that most Americans don't pay enough attention to what their own government is doing to know and if they did know they couldn't begin to grasp how to act. They see the government as this massive entity that can't really be challenged without years of red tape. The funny thing is that it really only takes a large group of people making enough noise to get things done. The problem is that now, with this new bill signed into law, any members of a large group calling for governmental change could be "disappeared" without a trial, counsel, charges, etc. for an indefinite period of time. It's really a genius way to legitimize scaring people into keeping quiet. Just think about the next whistleblower who leaks a document unfavorable to the government. They'll claim it's a matter of national security and that the person who leaked it is an unlawful enemy combatant. No doubt Hitler, Stalin, and Mao are all hanging out in hell and kicking themselves for not thinking of this first.