To Clintonites, this makes sense, because to them the guilty party is not Hinckley, or even Hinckley's gun. It is the sheer volume of privately owned guns which they perceive as simmering beneath America's surface like magma. They look at terrorism the same way, except that, instead of guns, the offender in this case is freedom. Anyone who is able to obtain destructive materials, and to communicate with others in secret, is capable of doing what the FALN has done. The terrorists themselves are only one tentacle of the monster under the bed.
People are dangerous things.
To a president who promises security to the American people during nearly every speech he delivers, those people's own freedom to communicate and act upon their thoughts is a formidable managerial problem. Managing this problem requires a massive and multi-faceted plan, which the managers are unveiling piece by piece. All they require in order to implement it is the public's passive acceptance. That is one thing for which, as Bill Clinton knows from years of experience, he can trust us. The Frontier of the Free Press News Round-Up .