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title: "Ten Years After 9/11: United in Remembrance, Divided over Policies"
description: "The public continues to be divided over many of the anti-terrorism policies that arose in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks."
date: "2011-09-06"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2011/09/06/ten-years-after-911-united-in-remembrance-divided-over-policies/"
---

# Ten Years After 9/11: United in Remembrance, Divided over Policies

The public continues to be divided over many of the anti-terrorism policies that arose in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a survey conducted Aug. 17-21 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. A majority (54%) say it is not necessary to give up civil liberties in order to curb terrorism while 40% hold the opposite view. In a poll taken right after the attacks, 55% had said it was necessary to give up civil liberties to effectively fight terrorism while 35% disagreed.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/09/01/united-in-remembrance-divided-over-policies/?src=prc-number)