“Officials in several countries are wasting no time in trying to convince the public to trade essential freedoms for the promise of enhanced security. US officials are also eager to cash in on the panic with more powers, seeking to expand their ability to carry out mass surveillance, citing the largely toothless ‘reforms’ of NSA surveillance as proof that the US has intelligence ‘gaps’ that need to be filled by more intrusion into ordinary citizens’ affairs. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon was the least specific but the most direct, insisting that Paris proved the need to favor security over basic human rights, and predicting a massive shift toward more government power.”
http://news.antiwar.com/2015/11/16/officials-seek-new-powers-in-wake-of-paris-attacks/