$1 Trillion Spent on US Police State Since 9/11

"Never let a tragedy go unused. This mantra of the State is as strong today as it was the day after 9/11. As 9/11 was used to invade and occupy Iraq and Afghanistan – securing a geopolitical foothold in the region like never before – civil rights were dismantled and energies were devoted to the development of a massive domestic surveillance state that Stasi Germany could only dream of."