Freedom Of Speech Gone?

Today was a sad day for Americans as our right to privacy has been further eroded. This article outlines it in more detail.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080710/pl_nm/usa_surveillance_dc

As a paraphrase it essentially means that the US Government has the right to spy on whomever they want and they can cover their behinds by saying, "Oh we suspected terrorism."

So the real question here is this. Who decides what is terrorism? Is this very blog, because I am speaking out against it an act of terrorism? No government can protect its people 100 percent of the time. And I just don't see how the channels that worked for years and years with getting warrants and such are no longer good enough.

The Government says they are doing this to keep us safe but I for one feel less safe because of this. I feel more exposed and that perhaps I should be more careful at what I say to others when it goes against the opinion of the current government administration. The Soviet Union spied on their people for the better good of the nation. China spies on their people for in their justification the better of the nation. To protect the country from something bad. Adolph Hitler spied on his countrymen but with the initial justification that it was for the overall good.

So my question now is going to be this. When is the next step going to happen? When will it be that the Americans are no longer being spied on for terrorism but for repression of ideals that run contradictory to those who are in power?