Larrandall, your scenario too close to reality to be comfortable. Our liberties have been evaporating and what are we doing about it--maybe I should say, what CAN we do about it?
Even small objections can get us on some gov't hit list. . . or nothing at all. I sat next to a man on a plane--a retired WASP dentist. He has a fairly common name, which somehow landed him on the TSA's black list. They give him a terrible time every time he flies, with at least a half hour spent under interrogation. He's been trying to fix it. They told him he will have to to download a lot of forms, send in notarized copies of all sorts of documents, and then await their enlightened verdict.
My little rant for a Sunday afternoon.... I wish I was diving!