This Sott.net post from RT.com, clearly reveals that citizens, not only those in the US, can be feeling free yet be within one minor incident away from being treated as a terrorist. The article shows that millions of people already meet the authorities' criteria of a terrorist, just because of their thought and belief processes.
To me, the authorities and leaders who are actively engaged in sabotaging their own countries are the real terrorists, and they are making the rules.