Over the years the Department of Homeland Security has strengthened the homeland security enterprise in order to better defend against progressive terrorist threats. A key part of this development includes working directly with law enforcement, state and local leaders, community-based organizations, private sectors and international partners. The nation’s armed forces are the frontline of homeland security by degrading our countries enemies’ capabilities to attack. The Director of National Intelligence, The CIA, and the entire Intelligence Community are producing better streams of intelligence. These advancements include making enhancements to the federal watch listing systems.
History and Summary of the Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security is a program that was created after the 9/11 attacks. The focus of the department was to protect the United States against terrorist attacks and to be able to respond in the event of an attack. The DHS became official in November 2002 when the Homeland Security Act was passed and signed by Congress. DHS consists of 5 departments that all ensure the safety of our country. Counterterrorism is the department that mainly focuses on preventing terrorism, preventing the use, possession, or transport of harmful chemicals, and enhancing the security in the United States.
Krystian Kotowski English 121 Dr. Wachtel Thesis: Domestic terrorism is a major concern in the United States and the government needs to focus more on this issue. 1. Domestic terrorism was defined as "the unlawful use of force or violence, committed by a group of two or more individuals, against persons or property. A. Between 1980 and 2000 consisted of 250, of the 335 incidents confirmed to be terrorist acts.
DHS further reduces America’s vulnerability to terrorism, protecting critical infrastructures, property and the economy, and further reducing damage and recovery from attacks that do take place. DHS works in the civilian realm to protect the United States (Fischer, 2004). In 2003, DHS took underneath it’s wing; Immigration and Naturalization (INS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs, Border Patrol, Secret Service and Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) . Within its realm DHS holds 22 law enforcement, security, and intelligence agencies into one effective agency. The top priority for the DHS is protecting critical infrastructures and key resources of the United States from
Due to the semantic field of fear and terror running throughout the discourses of Bush and Blair their choice of lexis is crucial in conveying their political ideologies. The introduction of Bush’s speech was of dire importance. Antithesis is being used within the first sentence; Bush begins his discourse “… Our fellow citizens, our way of life…”, and then ends with “deadly terrorist acts”. Due to the contrasting image portrayed listeners feel their “way of life”, they, as individuals and citizens of America are at threat, of “deadly and deliberate terrorist attacks”. This further promotes the global normalisation of terrorism and the “War on terror”.
Title II, surveillance procedures, allows agencies to use enhanced surveillance procedures for any suspected terrorist. Title III, anti money-laundering to prevent terrorism promotes the prevention, detection, and prosecution of an persons financing terrorism ("USA patriot act," 2001). Title IV, border security, provided higher levels of power to the immigration and neutralization services (INS). Title V, removing obstacles to investigate terrorism, allows rewards to be offered for the assistance in preventing or combating terrorism ("USA patriot act," 2001). Title VI, victims and families of victims of
In the 2005, a Hurricane named Katrina brought with it a massive force of destruction, once again change the live of many within the country. These events brought new meaning to crises intervention in the United States. In this paper, the topics being discussed our not the horrible events of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, but on highlighting crises interventions and future trends of crises intervention. The discussion will include brief sections that describing what is crises intervention, to the historical development of crises intervention, and discussing two future trends facing crises intervention. Plus brief personal look into it as well.
Strategic Military Framework The strategic military framework to combat WMD consists of ends (the military strategic goal and associated end state), 4 ways (military strategic objectives), and means (combatant commands, Military Departments, and combat support agencies) applied across the three pillars of the National Strategy to Combat WMD (nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and consequence management). Ends (Military Strategic Goal and Associated End state) Our military strategic goal is to ensure that the United States, its Armed Forces, allies, partners, and interests are neither coerced nor attacked by enemies using WMD. Specific end states delineate standards by which we can measure our effectiveness: 1. U.S. Armed Forces, in concert with other elements of U.S. national power, deter WMD use. 2.
Response Structure After the deadly attacks of September 11, 2011, the United States took security to a higher level; implementing Homeland Security for every state. Every state responds to major disasters in different ways. This is because it is rare that each state suffers from the same type of disaster. So, therefore they have different plans to handle such emergencies. According to North Dakota Human Resources (2008) "A critical incident is defined as any actual or alleged event or situation that creates a significant risk of substantial or serious harm to the physical or mental health, safety or well-being of a waiver participant (para.
With its long coastline and location, Florida frequently finds itself in the path of these intense storms. The southeast coastline is extremely susceptible to a land-falling hurricane, followed by the panhandle. Areas around Tampa, Jacksonville and the Big Bend do not have as high of a risk of a direct strike from a hurricane but are still susceptible to a landfall each year. Even if the hurricane makes landfall elsewhere in the state, the impacts can be felt hundreds of miles away. Some scientists say the wave of hurricanes is the product of global warming spurred by greenhouse gases from cars and industries.