{
  "id": 6677751,
  "title": "Surveillance, secrecy and shrinking civil rights: 9/11 and the Australia it gave us",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/surveillance-secrecy-and-shrinking-civil-rights-9-11-and-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T00:42:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
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    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/11/9-11-surveillance-civil-rights-terrorism-legislation-tampa-john-howard/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The horror of that day presaged a quarter of a century of shrinking civil rights and expanded surveillance in the name of Australia’s national security. The post Surveillance, secrecy and shrinking civil rights: 9/11 and the Australia it gave us appeared first on Crikey .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}