This was a conservative, right wing government 15 years ago that passed this law.  The Republicans and gung ho on that 2nd amendment and that is fine, but the 4th amendment.  They would repeal it if they could.  They do not care about civil liberties OR the rule of law.  Blame Obama for continuing it, but even if he vetoed this law when it was up for "renewal", it would have been overridden.