Total Information Awareness: High Costs of Post-9/11 U.S. Mass Surveillance & Current Policy Issues

The United States has witnessed an explosive expansion of mass surveillance since the 9/11 attacks. The pervasive fear, Islamophobia, xenophobia, weakened civil liberties protections, and exponentially increased funding and surveillance capitalism of the post-9/11 era have enabled an unprecedented breadth and scale of surveillance reigning across the United States today—disproportionately impacting Muslims, immigrants, and protesters for racial, environmental, and labor justice. In this one-hour webinar, Dr. Jessica Katzenstein, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Inequality in America Initiative at Harvard University, will present findings from a paper she authored for the Costs of War Project entitled, “Total Information Awareness: The High Costs of Post-9/11 U.S. Mass Surveillance,” and will be joined by Joanna YangQing Derman, Director of Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights and National Security at Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Elizabeth Goitein, Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law to discuss current mass surveillance policy issues. Moderating will be Dr. Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Security, Race and Right at Rutgers Law School.