Sip from the what?

I found this a long time ago but recent events have brought it back to my mind:

Once the unsafe has become safe,
Once data has been collected everywhere, from the genetic finger print to the probability of cervical cancer,
Once video cameras watch every roaming insect,
Once the most inconspicuous is as open as the most conspicuous,
Once then the near east comes to rest,
Once car traffic is under full control, and bank transfers, and air traffic and intercourse,
Once all phones are tapped and all conversations recorded,
All correspondence archived, all places observed,
Once the danger and also the fear of danger therefore disappears,
Once finally everything is under control, the terrorist in operation with explosives in his trunk and the terrorist on vacation hiking in the Rockies,
Once everything has been done for security and nothing can happen anymore—
Who will then to us, the people, explain the bomb that goes off someday, tomorrow or next year, illegally and uncontrollably, at a railroad station, mall or government building?
– Anonymous