As public anxiety has abated, and senior officials have felt less pressure to show that they are doing something, the most flagrant abuses have declined. But such practices are still being applied to a lesser degree, and they can be pulled out of the arsenal whenever political or social conditions dictate.
随着公众对恐怖主义的忧虑缓解下来后，高级官员们的压力就小了些，他们不再急于向公众表现。于是，那些最明目张胆的、滥用职权的行为减少了，但是这种方式时有发生，只是程度有所减轻。一旦社会政治环境变得紧张时，它们就会卷土重来。