# The dystopian legal architecture of the ‘war on terror’ must be dismantled

https://mins.news/en/item/54647

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-11 13:24 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/11/the-dystopian-legal-architecture-of-the-war-on-terror-must-be-dismantled?traffic_source=rss

> A quarter-century after 9/11, the security order created in its aftermath remains embedded in law, the article argues. It says tools developed for indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay, counterterrorism surveillance and national-security enforcement are now being applied to Palestine solidarity protesters and migrants, and calls for this permanent architecture to be dismantled.

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