9/11 impact: Higher security costs for corporate America

Life in corporate America has changed immediately after the September 11 attacks. Barricades went up and secured IDs were issued as the entire nation took security measures to a never-before seen level. Did this massive investment ended up creating a permanent drag on the US economy? CNBC's Eamon Javers finds out.

For some companies, the huge government mobilisation was good for the bottomline. Frederal contractors read 100s of billions of dollars as the government ramped up intelligence, defence and information technology spending. Surveillance became routine and sleepy Washington suburbs became enclaves of the newly wealthy from tax pair dollars.
But for others, security became yet another expensive piece of overhead. All the consultants, guards and ID cards add up to an estimated 100s of millions of dollars a year.
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