Secret Administration By Law: The Secret Service

Abraham Lincoln was the president that established the Secret Service about 150 years ago. One of Abraham Lincoln's last official acts was the authorization of the United States Secret Service on the day of his assassination at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 (Time, 2015). Had the Secret Service mission been a go on that day, nothing would have changed. According to several sources, the Secret Service's original duties were to investigate financial crimes regarding the U.S. Economy. These duties expanded as the agency had enough manpower to assume different responsibilities. It is important to recognize the responsibilities of Secret Service Agents because they exercise their legal authority on a daily basis, provide

Immediately following Flight 11 crashing into the North Tower of the World Trade Center reactionary plans were enacted by the United States Secret Service to safe guard the President, who was at a Florida Elementary School at the time of the attack. Initial plans were to return the President to the White

"Private security and public law enforcement share many of the same goals: preventing crime and disorder, identifying criminals, and ensuring the security of people and property," ("Private Security and Public Law Enforcement," n.d.). There are many more private security officers than public police officers, making tandem projects and collaboration essential ("Private Security and Public Law Enforcement," n.d.). There may be some overlap between public law enforcement and private security, but generally the latter can be more highly specialized and are therefore useful in situations such as campus security.

As we move into a new era were a more robust and urgent homeland security program is needed, it is important to talk about how officials are managing all of the risk. There are a multitude of threats; from terrorism, where tactics are all the more unconventional an unpredictable, to climate change, with extreme weather conditions causing severe droughts or other catastrophic storms. The risk accepted by federal officials must be weighed and prioritized in a manner that is conducive to the longevity of the nation but also eliminates political or other personal agenda. To ensure a standardized approach the Department of Homeland Security adopted a risk management. The following will look at defining what risk management is as well as an example of how it is being incorporated within the homeland security enterprise and how doing so is of benefit.

The security of the United States and living without being under a constant threat should be very important to all citizens and those who visit this country. The research revealed some interesting facts, it is impossible to secure every commercial building, airport, bridge, bypass, and government building. One element of the security is that terrorists will not have the ability to attack every place in the United States. However, everything is a possible target and terrorists want to do as damage as possible and cause the greatest amount of disruption in our way of life as possible.

" Over 100 thousand private emails are viewed a day"(byman). The National security agency and central intel lance agency are illegally viewing private documents and private records. They have access to all of these items without the peoples consent. The NSA is going through people's documents and they are giving them to other countries. The NSA and CIA should not be allowed to do these things to private documents.

There is a very rich history surrounding the United States Marshals; beginning with the lawlessness that spread throughout the land. On any given day, a western can be televised showing how the cowboys and other outlaws ran amuck and terrorized the people. The President decided it was time to do something about all of the crime and lawlessness that existed, hence, the U.S. Marshals Service. In 1790 the Marshals Service came to be, and so began the hunt for desperados and other murderous criminals and their reign.

The idea of securing the nation’s borders and securing the safety of the citizens has been a major topic since the beginning of the nation’s existence. There have always been means and procedures for it but it was never defined to the point it is today. The Homeland Security Department is a fairly new program which is constantly improving and adjusting in accordance to the threats that may arise. In the attempt to secure the United States, homeland security has become paramount and a lot of emphasis is being provided so as to ensure the safety of the borders and the citizens of the United States. So one must ponder what the difference between homeland security and homeland defense are since they both tend to mean the same

Chapter 11 in the textbook Homeland Security by Larry K. Gaines and Victor E. Kappeler, discussed in lengthy detail the way terrorist cells go about financing, as well as their financial needs. However, one of the most common questions asked today; once the terrorist organizations obtain the needed funds to plot an attack how do they go about moving the money without being detected? The answer given in chapter 11 in the textbook is through money laundering (Gaines & Kappeler, 2012, p. 315). Pursuing this further, terrorist cells go about laundering their money through a verity of methods. To better elaborate, one well known way to launder money is through priceless

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The National Security Agency has caused much controversy over the manner in which they protect the nation. It was revealed that the NSA has been reaching necessary lengths to keep citizens safe from the threats of terrorism, bombings, and murders, amongst others. But many citizens are angry and concerned about how far the NSA has gone to protect everyone. The NSA has analyzed private information of billions of phones, computers, and surveillance cameras. The N.S.A. watches and records Americans’ phone calls and internet data, following and intercepting in the lives of people in the most remote parts. The situation clearly makes American citizens uncomfortable, and some argue that the NSA has crossed the line by invading the “privacy” of

The protective mission began in 1901. The secret service protects the president of the united

At the end of 2000, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected as mayor of Mexico City. During this period, a massive crime rate was wide spreading in the city. The national capital’s general crime rate from 1995 to1998 had almost tripled. López Obrador was aware that getting back the streets from lawbreakers would need a new methodology; therefore, he brought in Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, a proficient political leader, to lead the Federal District’s Public Security. Jointly they established new techniques that could record, map, and examine crime and bring about better preventive policing plans and more-effective allocation of police resources. Additionally, Ebrard appointed a panel to build a neighborhood police program, which will

The appalling peer-review conducted by the National Security Law Journal is similar to what John Bohannon, a biologist and scientific journalist at Harvard University, encountered during his investigation. In his article “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review,” Bohannon stated that he created a “credible but mundane scientific paper, one with such grave errors that even a competent peer reviewer should easily identify it as flawed and unpunishable” (Bohannon). With the help of other molecular biologists at Harvard University, Bohannon composed a fraudulent paper and submitted it to a variety of scientific journals. Bohannan revealed that the journals who accepted his paper carried statements of integrity and reliability akin to the National Security

Paper 1: What are the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts?