PHILADELPHIA — A new Philadelphia exhibit explains how spying and terrorism have shaped America since its earliest days.
"Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America" opened Friday at the National Constitution Center and runs through May 30. It was created by the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Visitors will see artifacts and documents that tell stories of espionage and treason by foreign- and native-born militants, extremists and collaborators — from German and Japanese attacks that sparked two world wars to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
The exhibit shows how more than 80 domestic attacks in the U.S. from 1776 to the present sparked government responses that have changed American life, from the growth of the FBI to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.