“It is simply an invariable truth in the history of politics, in the history of government, that whenever a new power is acquired in the name of some threat, it always – not sometimes, not often, not usually -it always extends beyond its original application, beyond its original justification.”

“It is simply an invariable truth in the history of politics, in the history of government, that whenever a new power is acquired in the name of some threat, it always – not sometimes, not often, not usually -it always extends beyond its original application, beyond its original justification.”

— Glenn Greenwald