‘Anything goes’: how 9/11 led to a global security clampdown

The September 11 2001 attacks heralded a big increase in repression in the name of the war on terror'

The moment Wahid Sheikh's life changed forever was broadcast on television to a global audience of millions, including him. At the time, it appeared to be happening entirely to others, a long way from his Mumbai home. I watched the buildings collapse, slowly and gradually, sad to watch ordinary people dying," he recalls.