Evidence suggests that industrial interests helped shape US counterterrorism policies since 9/11, however, there is a lack of empirical and theoretical work detailing how interest groups in this domain exert influence. Building on a social constructivist account of national interest and policymaking, this thesis uncovers that the US war on terror(ism) has been tailored to the preferences of business actors through framing the media. Security policy is co-constituted by business actors’ strategic contextualization and communication to construct the threat perception and national interests to fit business interests. The argument for this assertion is grounded in empirical evidence from editorials in business-media versus non-business media following 9/11.