Built to find them. Aimed at us.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the security state sold as protection against foreign terror has been swiveled by its own institutions onto American students, protesters, and voters.
Source article: Historians and former officials assess 25-year legacy of US response to 9/11 attacks.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- terrorism, armed conflict, international military intervention, government policy, conflict, war and peace
- Storylines
- commemorations-of-the-2001-attacks
- Primary entities
- The Guardian, United States, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Al-Qaida, Taliban, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, World Trade Center, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Patriot Act, National September 11 Memorial and Museum
- Themes
- 9/11 legacy assessment, War on terror consequences, US surveillance expansion, US foreign policy, Civil liberties, Anniversary commemoration
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity, Truthfulness