The U.S. government, which I often refer to in this book as simply the state, did not need to force surveillance upon the entire society; rather, a population anxious about another terrorist attack welcomed security and surveillance. Public support for surveillance is vital to the maintenance of a surveillance society, and the constant threat of terror provides the ideological justification for surveilling Muslim Americans. American citizens not only support this surveillance but also participate in it with encouragement by the state. At airports, in buses, on subway trains, and at sporting events, announcements continually remind citizens that safety is a top priority.

XREF: Connects to debates about the voluntary surrender of privacy in the post-9/11 and contemporary digital surveillance context.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 48