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| Axios AM |
| By Mike Allen ·Sep 11, 2021 |
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Welcome to this special edition of Axios AM on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
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| 1 big thing: Fighting terror goes remote |
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Twenty years after 9/11, U.S. counterterrorism relies more on drones in the air than boots on the ground, Axios' Dave Lawler and Zach Basu report.
Michael Morell, former acting CIA director, told Axios: "We’ve learned in the last 20 years that ... huge armies on the ground are actually a bad idea because they incentivize people to join terrorist groups."
The catch: A successful remote approach requires precise intelligence and allies on the ground. And in Afghanistan, the Taliban's takeover has drawn the U.S. back into uncharted waters. State of play: In Afghanistan, the abandonment of U.S. bases and the evacuation of CIA sources have decimated U.S. intelligence capabilities.
An over-the-horizon strike in Kabul on Aug. 29 — to prevent what the administration described as an imminent ISIS attack — reportedly left 10 civilians dead, including seven children.
What we're watching: Critics contend that the 9/11 attacks gave rise to 20 years of overestimating the global threat of jihadi terrorism — while allowing adversaries, including China, to catch up as successive U.S. administrations spent trillions prosecuting the war on terror.
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| 2. Next time, it could be online |
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The 9/11 attacks had little in the way of a significant digital dimension. But today, the digital realm offers perfect terrain for the kind of asymmetric warfare terrorists pursue, Axios' Scott Rosenberg reports. Cyberattacks lack the spectacular kinetic impact of planes hitting skyscrapers.
All of that makes a cyberattack an ideal weapon for disrupting everyday life.
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| 3. Today's toll |
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Two decades later, our lives remain different because of 9/11, from air travel headaches to fear-driven politics: War powers: The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force was so broad that it has been used by four American presidents to justify military operations around the world, Axios' Zachary Basu reports.
Air travel: 9/11 changed the entire experience of flying, Axios executive editor Sara Kehaulani Goo writes.
Privacy: The attacks changed our willingness to give up privacy to make air travel — and many other transactions — more convenient, Sara adds.
Security: Cities became less open, Axios' Jennifer Kingson writes.
Tech: The internet of 2021 was born in the ashes of 2001, Axios' Scott Rosenberg writes.
Racial profiling: The attacks drew focus to the way law enforcement profiles Arab Americans and Muslim Americans and the discrimination they face, Axios' Russell Contreras reports.
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A message from Facebook |
| Internet regulations are as outdated as dial-up |
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Facebook supports updated regulations, including four areas where lawmakers can make quick progress:
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| 4. Latest legacy: Afghan refugees |
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Tens of thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. over the last several weeks. President Biden now needs Congress' help to provide care and expedited immigration pathways, Axios' Stef Kight reports.
The administration and a network of refugee groups are scrambling to help Afghans still trying to get out, who were caught up in a slow, outdated immigration system.
What to watch: The administration expects 65,000 Afghans to arrive by the end of this month — plus as many as 30,000 over the course of the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. |
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| 5. Taking the Hill |
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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) was a high school senior when the Twin Towers were hit. For Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), it was her second day as a grad student at Columbia University. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) was a National Guardsman but would soon switch to active duty.
91 U.S. veterans serve in Congress. Of those, at least 36 served in Afghanistan and Iraq — 27 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats. |
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| 6. Facing fear |
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In Dallas in the weeks after the attacks, a white supremacist named Mark Stroman went on a violent spree he said was for revenge, killing two men and shooting a third, Bangladeshi immigrant Rais Bhuiyan, in the face, Axios' Michael Mooney reports from Dallas.
Bhuiyan thinks about the day he was shot every day. He still has 33 shotgun pellets in his face. And he remains blind in his right eye.
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| 7. Still healing |
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Photo illustration: Aïda Amer. Photos: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images |
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In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks, Kevin Tuerff found himself stranded along with other airline passengers in Gander, a town on an island of Newfoundland, Axios' David Nather reports.
For four days in September 2001, the people of Gander gave the stranded travelers rides to stores and provided phones to let them make calls anywhere in the world, for free.
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A message from Facebook |
| Why Facebook supports reforming Section 230 |
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The internet has changed a lot in the last 25 years — the last time comprehensive internet regulations were passed. Facebook supports updated regulations — like reforming Section 230, to set standards for the way larger tech companies enforce rules about content. |
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