The Apple of Its Eye: Security and Surveillance Pervades Post-9/11 New York City [Video]

From building-blocking bollards to millimeter-wave scanners , the September 11 terrorist attacks have led to significant changes in security techniques and technology worldwide over the past decade to discourage future attacks and to avoid being surprised again. To meet these goals, law enforcement and counterterrorism operations worldwide have come to rely heavily on surveillance of public spaces. Nowhere is surveillance more pervasive in the U.S. than Lower Manhattan, home to such landmarks as the New York Stock Exchange, the World Financial Center and, of course, Ground Zero , where the new One World Trade Center Tower is under construction. [More]

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