Are We Safer?

January 18, 2011 // 21:25
Are We Safer?
January 18, 2011 // 21:25
Season 29: Episode 6

FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by Are We Safer? In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans. Visit the legacy site for Are We Safer here.

produced by
Michael Kirk •
Jim Gilmore

Features

Docs Reveal FBI Used Muslim Outreach As Guise to Collect Intel

March 28, 2012 // by Azmat Khan

New Counterterrorism Guidelines Allow U.S. to Hold Americans' Data Longer

March 23, 2012 // by Azmat Khan

NYPD Eyed Shia Muslims Based on Religion

February 3, 2012 // by Azmat Khan

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