This is beyond scary, we all basically live in a police state now and their is nothing we can do about it. Schneier's last line just about sums it up...
Please. This is nothing compared to what the FBI did from their inception until the late 1970s. If this happens 40 years ago you might find out about it 5 to 7 years after it occurred.
While I agree with what you are saying, it's like saying "ha, your fatty liver isn't serious. Some people get cancer!". The fact that the FBI was even more horrible until the 1970s doesn't make the current situation any less scary.