For most of my adult life I disagreed with this. Now my opinion has changed and I agree with Glenn Greenwald.

And predictably — just as happened during the Cold War, Oklahoma City, & 9/11 attack — FBI is now using the threat of "insurrectionists" and "domestic terrorism" to justify greater surveillance powers. That's why exaggerating the threat is so dangerous.https://t.co/I7Zcvik6Nm

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 5, 2021