The events of both September 11, 2001 and January 6, 2021 were unprecedented in our nation鈥檚 history. In this video from PUP Speaks speaker Karen Greenberg, author of Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump, we can see how increased secrecy and decreased accountability within American politics post 9/11 fostered a political climate in which Trumpism was able to thrive.
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Karen J. Greenberg is an expert on national security, terrorism, and civil liberties and Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. Her book Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump investigates how policies forged after September 11 were weaponized under Trump and turned on American democracy itself.