&gt;Nobody actually thinks the US government will suddenly implement martial law, extrajudicial detention, or unsanctioned executions.<p>The US government already does these things. It has even done some of those things to US citizens, although obviously the vast majority of the people extrajudicially executed or detained are foreigners.<p>In terms of public opinion you are probably right though. You aren&#x27;t going to change the opinion of American voters by talking about how foreign children get executed by the US government based on dragnet surveillance.