Prof probes impact of post 9/11 surveillance
14th Sep 2005, 14:14 GMT
Immediately after the 9/11 Al-Qeada terrorist attacks, government officials in both the US and Canada were quick to pass legislation to increase surveillance of their citizens. But now, four years later, as fear of further terrorist attacks has become less acute and suspicion of government leaders' motives has heightened, more and more people are starting question the increased invasion of their privacy, says Dr. Kevin Haggerty, director of the criminology program in the University of Alberta Department of Sociology.
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