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American People Still Trapped in National Security State Since 9/11

The continued function of National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance protected by a special court confirms that the population of the United States is still trapped in a national security state, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Alice Slater told Sputnik on Friday.

"Ever since 9/11 [the al-Qaeda terror attacks of September 11, 2001] we’re living in a national security state and we can’t even learn the truth about 9/11 as they refuse to declassify portions of the 911 Commission Report," Slater said.

The atmosphere of continued terror alerts and paranoia against even law-abiding elements of the population recalled the darkest days of the anti-communist witch hunts by Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, Slater maintained.