It has begun. Civil liberties are being rolled back. Federal authorites have been given unprecedented leeway with their investigations. Only hours after the World Trade Center attack the FBI showed up t webmail providers and ISPs to install their carnivore systems to monitor arabic email accounts. The United States should try to think carefully about how it acts after this tragedy. We should wonder why someone would harbor such animosity towards our government. On the television Bush made it sound like the US is a target because it’s a beacon of freedom or some shit like that. When will people start asking the real questions about why the American government is reviled around the world. I think our government represents the worst aspects of America and until these issues are dealt with and our government restores its relationship with the world attacks like these are likely to happen. You can’t build a security shield around the u.s.