‘Panic made us vulnerable’: how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back
'The #Snowden #documents showed that by 14 September – just three days after the attacks – the then director of the #NSA, #MichaelHayden, had taken a " #tactical-decision” to begin #snooping on the #digital #communications of #people based in the #US.'
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