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We became a surveillance state in 2001, so in effect, Bin Laden won. [0] And don't forget, people sacrificed their lives so that the White House would not be pa
by k310 1y ago
We became a surveillance state in 2001, so in effect, Bin Laden won. [0] And don't forget, people sacrificed their lives so that the White House would not be partially demolished.
> FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to reveal the dramatic inside story of the U.S. government’s massive and controversial secret surveillance program–and the lengths they went to trying to keep it hidden from the public. Part one goes inside Washington to piece together the secret political history of “The Program,” which began in the wake of Sept. 11 and continues today
[0] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/united-states-of-secrets/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/united-states...
- euroderf 1y ago"Bin Laden won" is a phrase you don't see too often; I tend to agree insofar as OBL managed to get the American nation to subvert itself.
- rbanffy 1y agoThe realisation they won is extremely important if the US is to ever recover from the last decades of civil rights and international credibility erosion. I don’t think it’ll happen though, and we’ll live to see the sunset of this empire.
- euroderf 1y agoThe ossification appears irreversible.