Identify the five strategic goals of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and discuss their relative importance. The first goals of the Department of Homeland Security is preventing terrorism and enhancing security. This goal would be one of the most important since it is in place to protect the United States. Preventing terrorist attacks has made great progress since September 11, 2001. This continues to change as threats of terror continue to advance in trying to attack the United States.
Lastly it states that how can we improve coordination and communication among all levels of government and the public in the fight against terrorism. A central argument that is clearly stated is that how are we bettering the systems that we have in place to help us better defend ourselves from terrorist attacks. I convinced that the study was worth doing because the author explains the difference in what we was doing in the past and how we took those security measures and develop a better system for the present but using those past experiences in a matter that we are able to develop a better system also. Using the past and present terrorist attacks can enable us to have better systems for our future and perhaps ensuring our people have a safer place to live for them and our children. From what the author has stated is that, Homeland Security is improving the National Warning Systems in order to improve coordination and communication and also improving on the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS and the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) but I believe that the National Terrorism Advisory System has a great
2) Berger argues that what happened on August 6, 1945 was "consciously and precisely planned". Highlight, underline, or flag the evidence he uses to support this claim. How does this argument support his larger purpose? Berger supports his claim by stating "The victims are chosen indiscriminately in the hope of producing a shock effect on political decision-making by their government" as well as "The two bombs dropped on Japan were terrorist actions. The calculation was terrorist.
Though in the attempts to obtain security, the people of the United States are giving up their freedoms and others are having those same freedoms taken away from them. The pursuit of stopping terrorism has taken precedence over an individuals civil rights. Surveillance has increased in attempts to catch terrorists. Under the USA Patriot Act which is the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism," police agencies are given the authority to conduct Internet and expanded telephone surveillance, as well as loosen the restrictions placed on the C.I.A in the 1970's to engage in domestic surveillance. The Patriot act presents a broadened definition of terrorism, and provides some level of detention of suspected terrorists as
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, Vol. 30 no. 6, pg. 743-756. http://psp.sagepub.com/content/30/6/743.short This Article tested hypotheses generated from an integrative model of political tolerance that derived hypotheses from a number of different social psychological theories to explain political tolerance following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Value affirmation, moral outrage, and outgroup derogation also facilitated post-9/11 psychological closure and increased psychological closure led to greater political tolerance.
Tony Wallace February 20, 2014 English101-101 Pros and Cons Essay Patriot Act Thesis: The patriot act was introduced and passed also signed as a law in October in 2001 in response of 9/11 attacks. The act gives the government more power to conduct surveillances or searches within the United States. The purpose of the patriot act is to loosen the restrictions on domestic violence and for law enforcement and other agencies. For those that is against the patriot act they see it as the government is spying on them all the time and its taking away there privacy. The pros of the patriot act are that the law updated wiretapping laws to take into account the changing technology of
Debating the USA PATRIOT Act t[1] Abstract After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States Department of Justice revealed plans for legislation aimed at giving government authorities far-reaching oversight powers to prevent and protect against terrorist activities. On October 26, 2001, Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, also known as the USA PATRIOT Act, went into effect. Among other provisions, this legislation gave federal agents the ability to detain non-citizens, increase wiretaps, initiate e-mail and Internet surveillance, and intensify the monitoring of student
at 2715; see also, Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), Pub. L. No. 108-458, § 6603, 118 Stat. 3762-64 (adding “to violate this paragraph a person must have knowledge that the organization engages in terrorist activity . .
doesn’t have many things to go against it. One safe way to stop terrorism is the Visa Security Program. The Visa Security Program interdicts criminals, terrorists and others who would exploit the legal visa process to enter the United States. The program serves as the agency’s frontline in protecting the United States against terrorist and criminal organizations. While many security measures focus on screening names against lists of known terrorist or criminal suspects, the program relies on HSI special agents to identify potential terrorist or criminal suspects and stops them before they can reach the U.S. Another way to stop terrorism are scanners.
Department of Homeland Security operations encompass five core objectives. The objectives covered under DHS are prevention of terrorism and enhancing security; secure and manage our boarders; enforce and administer immigration laws; safeguard and secure cyberspace; ensure resilience to disasters stated in (dhs.gov, 2013). Protecting Americans from terrorist threats is the highest priority for DHS through prevention of terrorist attacks, Initiating rigorous screening of cargo, global aviation security, and enhancing national preparedness levels for state and local law enforcement.