DATA  RAPE: "Americans have been so bombarded with fear-drenched messages about the need to shut out foreign terrorists that few consider if they are being shut in."

A noose is tightening around the throat of America. Bureaucratic walls erected in the name of protecting Americans are now blatantly being used as a means to lock Americans in. The most ominous aspect is the blatantness of official action; it suggests that the State no longer feels the need to be cautious enough to hide its motives. Why should it? The same public that lines up its children at airports to be molested by TSA agents is unlikely to object to data rape.