Am I the only one who thinks . . .
That current anti-terrorist laws (ie Patriot Act) and tactics (wire tapping) will be heavily used again right wing groups in the very near future, if not already.

Sure, it starts to combat Arab terrorist, because everybody aknowledges that threat and feels the sense of urgency and knows that sometimes sacrifices must be made. But, that's only where it starts, not where it ends.

Already, the Patriot Act has been used against non-terrorist criminals. And the explanation sounds pretty good - they're bad people who are doing things against the law and the government is using its legal powers to apprehend them. Saying it that way makes it sound alright. But it does seem to indicate that the origenal intend of a law doesn;t limit when and how it can be used or potentially abused.

And the real abuse will start with unpopular groups. people like the Ku Kux Klan or neo-Nazis - people who the American people hate enough that they wont mind too much that the government is using unconstitutional methods to target groups it doesn't approve of. Then they'll want to target other far right groups like separatists, gun nuts, militias, etc. Of course, they'll say that they are targeting dangerous extremists and the public outrage will be lessened because a great many people will believe that. I could see a number of directions it could go after getting to that dangerous point where the government spies on people who they see as a threat, but I can certainly see people from the far right being some of the first casualties of these kind of laws.

And I'll end this with a quote from A Man for All Seasons

"Arrest Him."
"Why?"
"That man's bad."
"There's no law against that."
"There is, God's law."
"Then God can arrest him."
"And while you talk he's gone!"
"And go he should if he were the Devil himself until he broke the law!"
"So now you give the Devil benefit of law!"
"And what would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?"
"Yes! I'd cut down every law in England to do that!"
"Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's, and if you cut those down- and you're just the man to do it!- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes- I give the Devil benefit of law for my own safety's sake."