What I understand here, is that Tim is not a fan of due process.
Well, due process is what keeps INNOCENT people out of jail.
Tim, lets say I didn't like you for whatever reason. I make an anonymous phone call to the local PD, and tell them you send your kids off to school every day with drugs to peddle. Then, I call the terrorist hotline, and make up some BS about how you are a member of Al Qaida. Next thing you know, there is always someone over your shoulder. Your kids are getting harrassed constantly by the school faculty, possibly even kicked out. You are on a police list to get pulled over whenever seen and searched for contraband. Maybe the cop will plant something on you, because you are labeled as a bad guy, and they are pissed that they didn't find anything. Then, since you think due process is such a bad thing, you are held without bail, found guilty by a judge who doesn't want to spend the time convincing a jury, and locked away for a long time, or worse.
All because I made two BS phone calls.
This is the future you are advocating. You are the person that scares me to no end, because your reasoning doesn't involve worrying about what could happen, but rather blindly believing that the government will never use its powers for evil. I live in America, the land of the free, but if we keep going in this direction, it will be just like living in communist russia, only with elections. I'd rather have a few criminals go uncaught, then have to worry about being falsely arrested.