Intelligence Supporting Homeland Security
Intelligence has been used to protect the United States since its fight for independence …show more content…
There has been a tremendous growth of agencies and personnel committed to these duties over the last 15 years. Several new laws and legislation have ultimately given more powers to the authorities who work around the clock keeping the homeland safe. As more support is given to assist those in combatting the threats the nation faces every day, criticisms arise that civil liberties are being taken from innocent citizens. The U.S. faces unique challenges as threats continue to evolve. The capability of the homeland security system to successfully achieve its mission is somewhat restricted by the perceived rights of a margin of the …show more content…
A big challenge that hinders the potential of homeland security within the U.S. is the very laws that the country was founded upon. A nation with the freedoms such as those of the first and fourth amendment granted to U.S. citizens makes it difficult to productively counter many threats. When a person or group of people exercise their first amendment right to freedom of speech and can stand in front of law enforcement officers and chant about “killing cops now” and those very officers cannot arrest them, it adds to a sense of bewilderment. Moreover, when the American flag is burnt, and stomped upon in streets across the nation, authority’s hands are tied from what clearly states hatred towards the