Personally, I think that this was the plan, but I don't think it is turning out exactly as they hoped. In my opinion, this whole scenario was supposed to play out slower so that people could be tricked into giving up their rights/property a little bit at a time..."for the greater good".
I'm pretty sure it has gotten out of control and will be fast tracked...the real question is going to be whether or not people will react and do what they should have done a long time ago when they see how quickly their rights and property start dissipating...if not, they get their way faster than planned. If so, we may get our way faster than we dreamed.