an interactive information graphic that allows users to explore several statistics (e.g. defence spending, air travel, presidential ratings, hate crimes & news articles mentioning Bin Laden) in the context of the 9/11 aftermath & key historical moments (e.g. Iraq war, Patriot Act, etc.).
see also conspicuous casualties & US military death toll & parsing the state of the union & iraq war fatalities & tracking terrorist networks & disappeared in the USA.
[bbc.co.uk|via the excellent datamining.typepad.com]