Terrorism measures..
AC: "Terrorism is created by government bastards with their policy decisions."
Sometimes.. more often than not nowadays, it's a result of people accepting religious beliefs as something "sacred" that shouldn't be questioned, or at least be "tolerated". If you tolerate somebody who practices Christianity, they'll create an environment that tolerates somebody who practices fundamentalist Christianity, and they'll in turn create an environment which tolerates extremism. Substitute whichever religion you prefer to think of as evil for Christianity, if you prefer (not that it matters).
The best hope for a future free of religious terrorism is to solidly educate our (and their) children. If you teach a child to think critically and scientifically, questioning everything including the beliefs that their parents hold so dear, then you've got one less terrorist knocking at your door. Also giving a child a non-religious solid moral foundation is important - if it's based on common sense, it can't be perverted, unlike most common religions which can be interpreted many different ways.
Religion should be dinner conversation. Polite be damned - call a horse a horse and a fool a fool.
As for the topic at hand - if the Governments and the law respect due process (and due process is reasonable), and the Government and companies aren't incompetent gits who lose valuable information, I don't see a big problem with the data retention laws.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
