Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.
When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.
The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
The threat is that the public will know what the government is up to. Any system of power is going to want to keep free from public surveillance, that's natural. Its shouldn't be but, its very natural.
The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.