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18 Cards in this Set
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What created the Department of Homeland Security?
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Public Law 107-296 of 2002
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The HS Act joined more than ____ employees from __ existing agencies.
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179,000 / 22
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To address & defeat terrorism requires total ____ and ____ between many agencies.
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integration and coordination
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The HS Act did what 4 things besides creating the DHS?
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Established HS Council
Transferred ATF from Treasury to DoJ Affirmed the Posse Comitatus Act Allowed pilots to defend with firearms |
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What Act exempted certain parts of the government from the FOIA?
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Critical Infrastructure Information Act
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What is the FRP and when was it created?
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Federal Response Plan, outlined how to implement Stafford Disaster... 1992
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Describe Clinton's First Commission
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Hart-Rudman Commission; US Commission on Nat Security; Recommended formation of a National Homeland Security Agency
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Describe Clinton's Second Commission
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Gilmore; assesed response capabilities for terrorism and WMD
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Describe Clinton's third commission
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Bremer; "National Commission on Terrorism"
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Define PDD
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Presidential Decision Directives; a form of executive order
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What are 4 types of PDD's?
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NSPD
HSPD PPD - policy PSD - study |
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Clinton's PDD 62/63 were in response to attacks on US Embassies in which two African countries?
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Tanzania & Kenya
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Under EO _____, Bush announced formation of OoHS
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13228
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What is the Patriot Act?
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USA by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
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What was a main finding of the 9/11 report? Across the government, there were failures of ____ (4 items)
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imagination, policy, capabilities, and management
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What act created the DoD, Nat Security Council, and CIA?
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National Security Act of 1947
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What is the 6th Amendment?
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right to a speedy public trial jury of peers etc
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What did the Patriot Act "do"?
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enhanced ability for agencies to conduct terrorism investigations involving foreign or non "US Persons"
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