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"Security alignment grew to a megalomaniacal dimension, but necessary": how September 11 changed airports

CNN Portugal11 September 2026 at 17:54

Luís Fernandes, from the Internal Security Observatory, analyzes the transformations in the world 25 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The specialist states that security alignment in airports grew to a "megalomaniacal dimension", although he considers this expansion of security measures to have been necessary. The article specifically addresses the changes implemented in airports around the world after the terrorist attacks that marked the beginning of the 21st century.

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