What if 9/11 wasn't an event America mov ...

What if 9/11 wasn't an event America moved beyond—but a system it never fully dismantled?

Sep 11, 2026

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Twenty-five years later, the legacy of September 11 reaches far beyond the attacks themselves.

It changed how America thinks about threats, security, surveillance, war, and vulnerability.

My new essay looks at the quarter-century that followed—and at the possibility that the “temporary” measures of the post-9/11 world became something much more permanent.

The Twenty-Five-Year Hangover: How 9/11 Remade American Security — And Never Really Let Go

Read the full essay: https://macovei.substack.com/p/the-twenty-five-year-hangover-how

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