Effects of 9/11 On September 11th, 2001, the United States underwent one of its most violent, devastating terrorist attacks. This event reverberated through the country’s foundation and left an incredible impact. The lasting effects of 9/11 stretched across multiple facets of America’s way of life. Prejudice has always lingered in the United States, and after this major terrorist attack, Muslims experienced an overwhelming amount of hatred and prejudice directed at them. Flying is also now seen as an ordeal. It’s feared more than ever and has been made into a long, drawn-out process. Change in the government was also brought about by 9/11. Multiple acts of legislation came about due to the attack, and surveillance in the United States was
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In his article “How 9/11 Changed America: Four Major Lasting Impacts” Matthew Green laments the time when “it wasn’t unusual to show up at the airport a half-hour before a domestic flight, keep your shoes tied tight, and skip through the metal detector while sipping a Big Gulp, all without ever having to show an ID” (Green). Now the Transportation Security Administration, created by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, has federalized airport security. Villemez summarizes the TSA with, “The new TSA implemented procedures that included stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening. Only ticketed passengers could go through security, and an ever-changing array of machinery and procedures were introduced to scan for weapons and destructive items. As new threats were discovered after 9/11, new procedures were introduced, including removing shoes and banning liquids” (Villemez). Beyond airport security, airplanes were also revamped for safety purposes. Villemez explains how cockpit doors were reinforced, curtains were removed, and how pilots now have the opportunity to carry guns. The necessity of these changes were obvious after the terrible 9/11 attacks, as were other changes in the …show more content…
FISA is a court order approving electronic surveillance or the search of a target who is suspected of acting on behalf of a foreign power or terrorist organization. The use of FISA after the attacks skyrocketed. In her article “Surveillance and Transparency” Valerie Caproni states, “After 9/11, the FBI moved thousands of agents who had been working traditional white-collar cases, bank robbery cases, and narcotic cases and put them to work in the national security area” (Caproni). Not only are there more people now working on national security through FISA, but they have a wider scope of ability. “Pre-9/11 it was almost impossible for agents working on a national security investigation that was using FISA to share the information they were collecting with criminal agents. That inability to share made it more difficult for us to arrest the person and charge him criminally, because the two sets of agents could not share information back and forth. That has changed. There is now ample sharing of information, and we can now readily use criminal charges to incapacitate people from doing harm and to improve our human intelligence cadre” (Caproni). While increased government surveillance may make some people uncomfortable, there is now a better chance an event like 9/11 will be
In his article “How 9/11 Changed America: Four Major Lasting Impacts” Matthew Green laments the time when “it wasn’t unusual to show up at the airport a half-hour before a domestic flight, keep your shoes tied tight, and skip through the metal detector while sipping a Big Gulp, all without ever having to show an ID” (Green). Now the Transportation Security Administration, created by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, has federalized airport security. Villemez summarizes the TSA with, “The new TSA implemented procedures that included stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening. Only ticketed passengers could go through security, and an ever-changing array of machinery and procedures were introduced to scan for weapons and destructive items. As new threats were discovered after 9/11, new procedures were introduced, including removing shoes and banning liquids” (Villemez). Beyond airport security, airplanes were also revamped for safety purposes. Villemez explains how cockpit doors were reinforced, curtains were removed, and how pilots now have the opportunity to carry guns. The necessity of these changes were obvious after the terrible 9/11 attacks, as were other changes in the …show more content…
FISA is a court order approving electronic surveillance or the search of a target who is suspected of acting on behalf of a foreign power or terrorist organization. The use of FISA after the attacks skyrocketed. In her article “Surveillance and Transparency” Valerie Caproni states, “After 9/11, the FBI moved thousands of agents who had been working traditional white-collar cases, bank robbery cases, and narcotic cases and put them to work in the national security area” (Caproni). Not only are there more people now working on national security through FISA, but they have a wider scope of ability. “Pre-9/11 it was almost impossible for agents working on a national security investigation that was using FISA to share the information they were collecting with criminal agents. That inability to share made it more difficult for us to arrest the person and charge him criminally, because the two sets of agents could not share information back and forth. That has changed. There is now ample sharing of information, and we can now readily use criminal charges to incapacitate people from doing harm and to improve our human intelligence cadre” (Caproni). While increased government surveillance may make some people uncomfortable, there is now a better chance an event like 9/11 will be