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    (DHS) to speed up the process of installing biometric readers to make the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program worth it and not just a waste of resources (Wytkind, 2012). b) The SAFE Port Act. The Security and Accountability for Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) is an act that was enacted in 2006 with the purpose to complement or improve the

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    Dr. Marian Leerburger IP 1 10-7-2016 The Department of Homeland Security was established in response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks. One of the three primary U.S. laws that established the Department of Homeland Security is the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which was the final result of Executive Order 13228 which established the Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to secure the U.S. from terrorist threats and

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    The evolution of homeland security concept has been connected with several strategic documents. There are 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, 2010 National Security Strategy and the 2011 National Strategy for Counterterrorism. There are also strategic documents that provide specific guidance to DHS entities and include the 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, the Bottom-Up Review, and the 2012 Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan. Prior to issuance of these documents, national

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    Too much security can be bad November 13, 2015, Paris and several other countries experienced simultaneous terrorist attacks on their soil. In the light of these events, countries have spent outrageous amount of money on increasing their security in the past. However, before the world goes and spends outrageous money on something that doesn’t work, let’s ask ourselves, do we really need more security ? The consequence of spending money in inefficient security is that it cripples the capital from

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    As a senate select committee on intelligence member, you are likely aware of the nsa’s information and intelligence program put in place in place a short time after the 9/11 attacks. Despite laws against it, the nsa took president Bush’s authorization to target people with known ties to terrorism as authorization to intercept phone calls and emails without any warrant. I believe this practice is dangerous and unconstitutional. It is obviously unconstitutional because it violates the fourth amendment

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    The National Security Agency Many have wondered why America is so great and one of those reasons is because of the NSA. The National Security Agency was founded on November 4, 1952 and continues today. The NSA is an intelligence organization of the United States government, responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information. There are many different opinions about the NSA and the work that they do. The National Security Agency is, in fact, a good thing because it provides

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    immigrants in America. The cost of them is a huge problem in the US. Immigrants also cause a lot more racism which is not a good thing. In this book, it talks about the penalties of employers that are hiring illegal immigrants. There were many acts that were enforced to try and stop illegal immigration, but nothing worked. The book also talks about some of the changes that the government made to stop it, but most of them just caused illegal immigrants to be put in more harm to get across the

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    Our way of life in the United States and around the world changed on September 11th, 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City, the Pentagon and on flight 93. One of the statements that President George W. Bush made in his Address to the Nation on Terrorist Attacks that night was, “Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks” (Bush, Para 6

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    Most recently, the September 11th attacks and subsequent War on Terrorism have rekindled this great debate between national security and civil liberties. The argument for national security suggests that the state can minimize violence and threats to infrastructure by enabling police, intelligence services, and military personnel to do what is necessary to protect citizens from threats, both domestic and foreign. On the other hand, the civil liberties argument contends that agents of the state exert

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    past their allotted time. In the early years of DHS, there was a strong focus of resources on terrorism, and this lead to the issues that came to light right after hurricane Katrina, which inspired Congress to pass the Post Katrina Emergency Reform Act Bullock (2013). This law was the beginning of an effort to strike a more balanced approach to homeland security, which is what the current administration is continuing build upon according to Bullock, (2013). President Obama wants to ensure that the

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