Civil Liberties threatened still again

In this year of turmoil, scandal and misinformation, I find it very disheartening that our Congress is still passing laws that compromises our Constitutional rights in the name of homeland security. Since 911 the passage of the Patriot Act there have been a steady stream of laws designed to protect us from terrorism but in my opinion, this atmosphere of fear that has been dumped on Americans is nothing but placing more restrictions against us inside this country. Federal agents now have the power to seize laptops, cell phones, PDAs, cameras, video equipment and any device that can record or transmit information at the border. Why did our representative pass this law in lieu of the fact that Americans are getting suspicious of the governments attempt to keep us off balance as it has been since 911. In 2006, the nation spoke and told our representatives that our government was broken and they needed to fix it. Instead, there have been a steady stream of laws designed to make us less safe and more leery of those who are suppose to represent us. The Bush White House even in its lame duck status is going to impact us with more of his BS laws before their tenure is up.