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The depiction of Bin Laden has at times been described as that of a constructed “Boogeyman”—an entity created by governmental forces to justify various political maneuvers, primarily the initiation of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Asserting that the CIA had a hand in bringing him to prominence, critics allege that Bin Laden served as a distraction which allowed for the introduction of policies like the Patriot Act, compromising civil liberties in the name of national security.