25 Years After 9/11: The Attacks Were Followed by Surveillance

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The attacks on September 11, 2001 completely surprised the U.S. security authorities. As a consequence, the then U.S. government quickly built up a huge surveillance apparatus - with consequences to this day. By Carsten Kühntopp.

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The CIA tracks terrorists abroad. The NSA intercepts communications. The FBI investigates suspicious cases in the United States. Before September 11, different parts of the American system saw different pieces of a future catastrophe. No one had the whole puzzle. The attacks would force Washington to change not only its services but the very logic by which intelligence is collected and shared.