That assertion is patently absurd. There are absolutely people and organized groups who perpetrate horrible acts solely to terrorize others. They are not some 'fiction' created by a 'power tripping' government. However, the risk that these people present to the world, at this point, does not merit sacrificing economic and civil liberties in their entirety to combat them. Rather, the dilemma is in determining an acceptable amount of liberty to sacrifice for safety, and vice versa.
Of course it is absurd; it was meant to be. It is also absurd the amount of money the US Govt is spending every year fighting a "War on Terrorism" when I am much more likely to die falling off my couch.
