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The events of 9/11 exposed cracks in the US intelligence apparatus. In response, the National Security Agency built the most extensive surveillance system in history. What was sold as a counterterrorism measure was turned on American citizens and the line between security and privacy all but disappeared. The data captured fed the Pentagon's international kill list and the surveillance industrial complex was born.
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By London Review of BooksThe events of 9/11 exposed cracks in the US intelligence apparatus. In response, the National Security Agency built the most extensive surveillance system in history. What was sold as a counterterrorism measure was turned on American citizens and the line between security and privacy all but disappeared. The data captured fed the Pentagon's international kill list and the surveillance industrial complex was born.
More from the LRB:
The Belgrano Diary: https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod Subscribe to the LRB: https://lrb.me/subswotpod Close Readings podcast: https://lrb.me/crwotpod LRB Audiobooks: https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: https://lrb.me/storewotpod
Get in touch: [email protected]
Archive in this episode:
‘Khaled El Masri at the National Press Club’/ACLU
‘Making Sense of FISA Section 702’/Inside the FBI Podcast/FBI