Security, Secrecy, and the Liberal Imaginary

October 2014—the Ebola virus killing thousands in West Africa finally makes land in the United States. Within days, the carrier dies in a Dallas hospital, but not before the virus infects two nurses. One flies to Ohio, despite a low-grade fever. Urging calm and stressing the low risk of transmission, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comes under withering criticism. An infected doctor, recently back from Guinea, admits to using public transport and bowling before checking into Bellevue Hospital with Ebola symptoms. Public anxiety surges amid relentless news coverage. Schools are closed. Protesters outside

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