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sc94597 said:

What happened to the progressives who were historically against such things? Oh they don't exist anymore. 

They exist, but to a large extent the American ones are more partisan than they are progressive. There was an interesting poll showing how Republicans and Democrats exactly flip flopped on the security state and privacy issues once Obama took office, but I can't find it off hand.