Undoctrination

9/11, The War on Terror, and the Patriot Act


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In the aftermath of the horrific attacks of September 11th, 2001, the general public was offered a litany of heavy handed solutions to a deadly worldwide problem: terrorism. Maggie and Olivia discuss growing up in the age of the War on Terror and extreme privacy violations of American citizens via the Patriot Act.

Sources: 9/11: A timeline of the September 11 attacks visualized | World Economic Forum UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS Senate torture report: Why Obama won't prosecute CIA and Bush administration lawbreakers.. The Secret Downing Street Memo REQUIRED TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT TERRORISM (USA PATRIOT ACT) Who Stood for Constitutional Liberties and Voted Against the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001? Surveillance Under the Patriot Act | American Civil Liberties Union Did the Patriot Act Change US Attitudes on Surveillance? USA Patriot Act of 2001 | The First Amendment Encyclopedia 10 Years After Snowden: Some Things Are Better, Some We're Still Fighting For | Electronic Frontier Foundation Patriot Act He says U.S. troops abused him in Iraq's Abu Ghraib and his life is still ruined CREDITS: Hosted by Maggie Anders Produced by Pavel Rusakov, Dan Sanchez, and Paul Nelson Edited by Pavel Rusakov ______________________________

LINKS: Maggie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibertyAnders

Olivia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rondeaulivia

Show page: https://fee.org/undoctrination

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UndoctrinationBy Foundation for Economic Education