Teddy Mcminn National/Homeland Security Background Paper Participation in Government Introduction: Homeland Security with recent events dealing with 9/11 has only proven that our security in the world is not our biggest problem. Our borders within America are weak. Today techn...

By a show of hands; how many of you are regestired to vote? *give appropriate response* Well let me just start off by telling you that I am not. I dont really have a good reason for that. I would consider my self to be an opinionated person, and I do care about what happens to this world. But politi...

Clausewitz defines a center of gravity as 'the hub of all power and movement, on which everything depends...' What are the U.S. centers of Gravity for Homeland Defense and Homeland Security?According to Colonel John Osgood, the Army Field Manual 100-5 quotes Clausewitz's definition of center of gra...

International Security We have been asked to discuss the article at hand by Audrey Kurth Cronin and his ideas behind International Security. It also shows his views on how it had evolved throughout the centuries. Terrorism can be defined in many different shapes and forms. One can attemp...

When focusing on anti terrorist tactics several different points need to be discussed. After 9/11 our government has went all out on preventing any other type of attack from terrorist organizations on the United States. With the creation of The Department of Homeland Security by the Bush Administrat...

Stricter Airline Security-Affirmative argument Over the past five months, airline and airport security has been in the news almost daily. The events on and since September 11 have completely changed the viewpoints of many Americans, as well as the world, concerning airline security. Between the 18 s...

Today as Americans, our top concern is our war on terror, national security. Prior to September 11th 2001 American has lived with no fear excluding the elderly who had witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. We did not have any knowledge that terrorists would or could attack us here at home, nor did ...

The aviation industry is vital to our nation's prosperity, and protecting this system from terrorist attacks or other dangerous acts remains an important national issue. Airplanes have been attacked on the ground, bombed in mid-air, and seized in flight. Airports have also been attacked...

"Queensland is the sunshine state. In the light of recent terrorist attacks around the world, should our attention be concentrated on encouraging tourism or should these resources be channeled towards national security? Draw up and justify recommendations for government policy." Hike th...

The United States has always faced threats from other countries. But now, as times are changing, we're facing an increasing need to protect ourselves from terrorism within our own borders. In the 21st century, threats to America's internal security, that were once of minimal concern, have moved to t...

The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. illustrated howvulnerable our country really is to terrorist attacks. They also showedthe lack of security and readiness in most of the nation's airports andplaces of entry. The Federal Government realized it must take a hard lookat secur...

The United States has always faced threats from abroad, but also increasingly from within. In the 21st century, new threats have been introduced due to technological, biological, and chemical advances. These new concerns compromise the security of our nation, while the threats of classic warfare tha...

Terrorism Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to further political or social objectives. It is usually intended to intimidate or coerce our government, individuals, and groups. Terrorism is the most deadly violence our nation has ever faced. Terrorism ha...

The September 11th attacks marked a clear escalation in quality of international terrorism. They have comprehensively changed the way in which we think about terrorism and react to it. The terrorist attacks proved that geographical separation from the area of operations no longer safeguards homelan...

Since the creations of airports, airport and in-flight security have been issues of serious concern for the United States Government, and governments around the world. The Government, which has turned to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to secure airports, has passed and redone countless b...

Similar to my experience with stricter airport security rules, the United States Senate has approved of the creation of a massive Department of Homeland Security that will transform the way the federal government responds to emerging terrorist threats. Many Americans have argued against the creatio...

When reflecting upon the horrendous attacks suffered by our nation on September 11, 2001 it would be extremely difficult to choose one aspect of American culture that has been exceedingly and notably affected to greater an extent than another. So many things have changed, diminished or been develo...

The concern of the United States with regards to terror and terrorists activities began way before the 9/11 terrorist incidents. There was the World Trade Center bombings in the 1990s and several attacks on U.S. citizens outside the U.S. Terror and terrorist incidents became a focal point in U.S. go...

"At a time of national crisis, I think it is particularly apparent that we need to encourage the study of our past. Our children and grandchildren-indeed, all of us-need to know the ideas and ideals on which our nation has been built. We need to understand how fortunate we are to live in...

This is a timeline of the more severe terrorist attacks on the United States and the American people from 1920 through 2001. More than 25 years ago, despite several terroristic attacks on the United States over the past century, terrorists and terroristic threats simply were not a publicized issu...

Freedom vs. SecurityOn September 11th, 2001, an attack was made on The United States of America. Nineteen terrorists boarded and hijacked four passenger airlines, and used them as weapons against buildings in New York and Washington D.C. The fourth plane was brought down in rural Pennsylvania. Ov...

In the post-September 11th era, the need for increased security at our nation\'s airports and on our domestic flights has taken on a new, rejuvenated sense of urgency. In the aftermath of such a tragedy it is natural to want to immediately react with new tougher standards and regulations. This react...

When my parents went to Seattle on vacation this summer, they noticed that airport security had changed. They went through two check points where luggage was searched, sharp items were confiscated, people that looked Middle Eastern were stopped, and a mother traveling alone with a baby was searched...

Many methods of waging war have been utilized throughout history. Arguably, at some point, was the philosophy that there is no distinction between war and terrorism. And this might even seem logical as a resource in regards to evening battlegrounds by opening the degree of response any third world...

"Evil is real, and it must be opposed" was a statement made by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address in January of 2002, President Bush went on to name several countries that support and house terrorist organizations calling them an "axis of evil", such as: Iraq, ...