How 9/11 changed the way America surveils its citizens
Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States significantly expanded its surveillance infrastructure, which has since evolved into a vast digital ecosystem. Modern tools now enable the collection and analysis of citizen data on a scale far exceeding what was possible in 2001, fundamentally reshaping national security and domestic monitoring.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s approach to terrorism. They changed […]
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