The United States of Fear

Tom Engelhardt,creator and editorof TomDispatch.com,argues that the U.S. government successfully used the threat of terrorism to scare the public into supporting increased spending on war, the military, and homeland security, leading the country down the same path the Soviet Union took just prior to its collapse. During this event, Mr. Engelhardt is in conversation with journalist and author Jeremy Scahill. Hosted by New York University.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/StatesofF