President Bush also created the Patriot Act, which armed our police officers with the tools to detect, and prevent terrorism. These are just a few benefits that came with the aftermath of 9/11. The laws and regulations passed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have helped the citizens of America in numerous ways, but in some ways have harmed us as a society too. Although the attacks of 9/11 left a permanent scar on America and its citizens’ hearts, as a nation we’ve done so much to heal. 9/11 led to the War on Terror, which aided the downfall of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and led to the death of their leader, Osama Bin Laden. Some ways these laws and regulations have also been harmful to American society is by decreasing the amount of privacy citizens have when it comes to