How did 9/11 reshape national security?
NPR hosted a panel of former intelligence and government officials to discuss how the 9/11 attacks fundamentally transformed U.S. national security architecture. The discussion reflected on the intelligence failures and the subsequent expansion of counterterrorism efforts.
Why it matters
Understanding the post-9/11 security shift is essential for analyzing current U.S. foreign policy and the balance between civil liberties and national security.
It's been 25 years since al-Qaida terrorists attacked the United States by hijacking four commercial airplanes and crashing them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
A fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa..
Sept. 11, 2001 represented a new kind of national security threat, and a new national security architecture was created to confront it.
Before a live audience at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Sources and Methods host Mary Louise Kelly discussed how that day changed the country and its spy agencies , with people who worked on the frontlines of government and intelligence.
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