If looked at from a distance, with the creation of globalization, (free) trading blocks, 'interdependence' (inter means 'to bury', mind you), we are becoming borderless and so the bad guys no longer reside in such-and-such country. The 'terrorist' is everywhere, the 'terrorist' is/could be you. Thus the idea is to let the gov't deal with it, to protect you against you.

Btw, 'love' the argument that 'If I'm not doing anything wrong, why should I care?'