I agree the Homeland Security made us sound like we were trying to imitate
the Nazi's. They didn't dare go so far as call it the "Fatherland" (which you KNOW they really wanted to do!)... but still. As a weird aside, rewatching Star Trek
icard... one section of it shows just how OVER policed we are. If one office doesn't track and get you for something, three others will.
I will now say we need not only to get rid of these three most hostile to our rights and liberties, but we need to completely rethink law enforcement in this country. Pare it down to the least necessary, and ensure it doesn't do "mission creep" from there. Rein in the FBI and CIA... and have some public accountability before they go start regime change in other countries. WE need to have more input into what the government... ALL aspects of it... do in OUR names. And we're not going to get it unless we demand it in some of the Reconciliation Courts that are going to have to arise after trump is unseated from his throne. Though, gods, I'd love to do it while his butt is STILL sitting there!