How The U.S. Government Forged A Surveillance SocietyWritten by Tom DeWeeseCategory: ArticlesPublished: 23 February 2011On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush invited members of Congress and the media for a meeting in the cabinet room of the White House. The mood was understandably anxious, somber: The World Trade Center lay in rubble, the Pentagon had a hole gouged into it and shock and awe had settled over the United States. One of the most extraordinary periods of American history – … [Read more...] about How The U.S. Government Forged A Surveillance Society