To tell the truth I do not agree the terrorists have won because if they won then we would all be dead (which is their goal). I do agree however a new paranoia is sweeping the nation that rivals the communist threat during the cold war. Freedoms are be taken away at an alarming rate but thats why the framers instated article III of the constitution to protect us. Come to think of it these new laws have not even effected me at all and I bet if you think about it they have not effected you either or that author.