Counterterrorism: Security Theater Against Movie-Plot Threats

Since 9/11, we have new police powers, tighter screening at airports, a proposed national ID card system, a color-coded national alert system, irradiated mail, and (in the U.S., at least) a Department of Homeland Security, but do all of these things really make us any less vulnerable to another terrorist attack?  Security expert Bruce Schneier looks at the systems we have in place post-9/11, revealing which of them actually work and which ones are simply "security theater" against "movie-plot threats."  He discusses the non-security motivations for much of our nation's security, and explains how future technological developments will leave us less safe, and not more.  The security vs. privacy dichotomy is a false one; the true trade-off is liberty vs. control.

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