Describe the two views concerning expanded homeland security bureaucracy as it relates to terrorism. Which do you feel would be more successful in terms of countering both international and domestic terrorism? Why do you feel that way? One view is that having one large bureaucracy that has consolidated power and leadership can have a clear voice when is comes to direction and focus to get the job done. One advantage of this style would be efficiency. (White, 2014) The other view is suggests, “decentralizing power personalizes services, and helps develop links to communities. One possible advantage of this could be fostering more trust within the local community that they are in. I think the first and current one used in
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I think the federal governments role should be to set up specific guidelines to make this happen. They should also mandate specific equipment, and training that must be used and followed. These personnel do not have to come from the ranks, but each would need to be cleared for a higher level security clearance, and one of their responsibilities would be to train other local law enforcement as they would be the technical experts for each county, city or region however the states implemented them. I found out that I agreed with Kenny Diminyatz about his assessment of the southern border of the United States. It’s frustrating for me that the leadership has not secured this border. The 9/11 Commission report stated the “more than 500 million people cross the U.S. borders each year, and 330 million of them are foreigners coming into the United States” (White, pg. 371, 2012). I believe it’s time to pull back the reigns of immigration, and take steps for immigration reform, and securing our borders. This would be a priority for me, and I would make improvement to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. I would use the military as Diminyatz suggested “U.S. military forces should be deployed along the border until …show more content…
He stated that “criminal law has not changed too much in the decade following 9/11” (White, pg. 388, 2014). He believed that the threats to civil liberties did not actually happen. Considering he is a journalist, and a part of the media I wonder if that I his opinion or a fact. If the federal government easy dropped on any of my conversations, or viewed anything on my computer without probably cause I think that my civil liberty was violated. Whether it was the law or not, I don’t agree with that particular statement. He does complain about “surveillance of religious and political groups, denial of rights to immigrants, arrests of people loosely associated with terrorism, and the abuse of power in the name of national security” (White, pg. 388, 2012). His opinion was the attitude to “arrest early and charge broadly” (White, pg. 388-389, 2014). He goes on to acknowledge that they are doing some of the right things, and that some are attempting to prevent abuses. “Law enforcement must join the network to prevent terrorism, and function to protect the rights of the people even as it monitors and arrests them” (White, pg. 389, 2014). President Obama campaigned to end some of the policies that President Bush instituted, but he extended them instead. His administration approved of the “government having the right to conduct wire taps of noncitizens who are suspected of acts that
I think the federal governments role should be to set up specific guidelines to make this happen. They should also mandate specific equipment, and training that must be used and followed. These personnel do not have to come from the ranks, but each would need to be cleared for a higher level security clearance, and one of their responsibilities would be to train other local law enforcement as they would be the technical experts for each county, city or region however the states implemented them. I found out that I agreed with Kenny Diminyatz about his assessment of the southern border of the United States. It’s frustrating for me that the leadership has not secured this border. The 9/11 Commission report stated the “more than 500 million people cross the U.S. borders each year, and 330 million of them are foreigners coming into the United States” (White, pg. 371, 2012). I believe it’s time to pull back the reigns of immigration, and take steps for immigration reform, and securing our borders. This would be a priority for me, and I would make improvement to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. I would use the military as Diminyatz suggested “U.S. military forces should be deployed along the border until …show more content…
He stated that “criminal law has not changed too much in the decade following 9/11” (White, pg. 388, 2014). He believed that the threats to civil liberties did not actually happen. Considering he is a journalist, and a part of the media I wonder if that I his opinion or a fact. If the federal government easy dropped on any of my conversations, or viewed anything on my computer without probably cause I think that my civil liberty was violated. Whether it was the law or not, I don’t agree with that particular statement. He does complain about “surveillance of religious and political groups, denial of rights to immigrants, arrests of people loosely associated with terrorism, and the abuse of power in the name of national security” (White, pg. 388, 2012). His opinion was the attitude to “arrest early and charge broadly” (White, pg. 388-389, 2014). He goes on to acknowledge that they are doing some of the right things, and that some are attempting to prevent abuses. “Law enforcement must join the network to prevent terrorism, and function to protect the rights of the people even as it monitors and arrests them” (White, pg. 389, 2014). President Obama campaigned to end some of the policies that President Bush instituted, but he extended them instead. His administration approved of the “government having the right to conduct wire taps of noncitizens who are suspected of acts that