I read part one, “Counterterrorism History: Then and Now”, from the book Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total information Awareness and I found the information interesting. The first part of the book focuses on the events of 9/11 and how they affected different people and organizations in all parts of the world. The book’s information and point of view stems from the author, Newton Lee’s life and experiences. He accounts his thoughts on the day of the 9/11 attack and discusses different organizations and companies that he has worked for, or has been in contact with, and how they reacted to the events.
I found Mr. Lee’s point of view fascinating, as it is different from mine. I was too young to really know what went on during 9/11 and my mother sheltered me from the entire situation. I never found out about what happened on 9/11 until many years later, in high school. I think that seeing someone else’s first-hand experience and their thought processes, having lived through the events, is rather eye opening.
Most of the first part of the book focuses on how the company, Disney, responded to the attacks on the twin towers because Newton Lee was working for them during the time of the attacks. Obviously, Disney is a large, internationally famous company who should be concerned about terrorists trying to attack them (especially with the terrorist threat on Hollywood that occurred shortly after 9/11), but Newton Lee poses an insider viewpoint on how the company responded to the event. He provides letters that were written to different employees working in different parts of the Disney franchise. Seeing how quickly and sympathetically, higher ups addressed their workers and declared their understanding of the situation is heartwarming. At the same time looking at how Disney locations responded physically to the attacks shows that Disney, as a company, respects America and banded together to show that in a calm and mannerly fashion.
The thing I liked most about the fact that Newton chose to discuss Disney in depth is that I never think about Disney when I think about the 9/11 attacks. I automatically think of what the government did and how they responded, what the airlines did and what the city of New York did. It is refreshing and eye opening to see what a private, but very public company did to show their support and respect for the nation in its time of need.
Overall this book is very informative and thought-provoking. It poses new point of views for highly controversial information that everyone may or may not be familiar with. It highlights important issues in current culture and links them to other important issues that might not necessarily be linked together, like Disney and 9/11. Newton Lee’s perspective on cybersecurity and counterterrorism is refreshing and thorough. This book is good for people who want to learn about cybersecurity and counterterrorism, who already know about it and want to learn more, or want a complete source to use for research.
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