Counter-terrorism

The world today is one in which sovereign state-borders have been faded by the quickening pace of global-interaction and have yet to be accurately redefined to account for the progress made through globalization. Globalization, when understood as a development-oriented force, is an advocate for the global community, at the fulcrum of which stands the concept of justice as a liberating force. The doctrine of moral responsibility, in its proposed constitution, campaigns that a collective effort…

violated firsthand by a drone, it is an invasion of privacy, it can be violating, to an extent. Drones can be good and bad. Drones are vital in search and rescue as well as combating terrorism. Which side are you on? Military personnel as well as law enforcement praise the use of drones when it comes to fighting terrorism and crime. There are many successful outcomes in the use of drones here and overseas. Take for instance, a top Al Qeda leader that was killed by a drone attack in the Zabul…

Performing a wide range of inspections on passengers and passenger-related issues, intelligence analysis, baggage examination, admissibility of aliens, and law enforcement activities relating to arrival and departure of persons, conveyances, and merchandise at ports of entry.  Examine documents to determine immigration status and citizenship of individuals crossing the borders. Conduct interviews of immigrants to cross verify authentication of documents, makes informed decisions on aliens…

puritans were the conforming Christians who treated and outcast the people who were are “different”, being they were actually the bad guys. Now every Muslim is falsely accused because of their difference, and nobody remembers any of the Christian terrorism. The terrorist group ISIS fails to represent the Islamic religion in the same way that the Puritans failed to represent Christianity. A small group of people can’t reflect the whole religion, the Puritans acted in such a way that went against…

The poorest central regions, suffer abject poverty and widespread illiteracy, causing mass unrest and the proliferation of organised crime. Although these factors threaten personal security, the latent risk of terrorism erodes the social cohesion and regional governance structures. It is believed that of India’s 608 districts, 205 are affected by terrorist activity. Although this threat is ostensibly Marxist militant groups operating under the banner of ‘Naxalites’…

lawful” (Mayer, 155). Machiavelli would support such precautions: he advises that a leader “must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves” (57). The torture-using CIA can be thought of as the lions scaring the wolves of terrorism away, and the lawyers and use of euphemisms can be thought of as the foxes to provide legal vindication. However, while the government put in effort to protect the state and have foxy foresight, they did not account for the backlash from…

Games. One Day in September is the official documentary of what happened to the Israelis who were assonated in the hands of Palestinians. The film Munich directed by Steven Spielberg discusses how the Israeli government came up with the ideal counter-terrorism plan against the Palestinians after the massacre in Munich. The film’s plots are in the same ballpark which is the discussion on the fatal Olympics but in Munich, Spielberg uses scenes from One Day in September to show the audience what…

decrease. According to Jonathan White (Military Consultant), the reason terrorists thrive off the media is because they are searching for social recognition in which to spread their political and/ or religious message. Remember the relationship between terrorism and the media is based on their means of communication. Ibn other words, terrorist violence is a method to direct people 's attention to certain problems and publicize the terrorist 's political or religious demands (Corte,…

The Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) mission is complimentary and in concordance with DHS in National Security. The CIA works with Homeland security to ensure there are no gaps in security, by coordinating and evaluating the intelligence gathered. They advise the National Security Council in matters related to National Security and make recommendations to the NSC of intelligence activities. The CIA responds to national intelligence request by DHS in addition to other standing orders they…

INTRODUCTION Every Terrorist group has a history such as where they came from and why did they appear in a specific country. Boko Haram first begins in 2002 in Maidu-Guri, the capital of Borno State in the country of Nigeria located in a west part of Africa. The Islamic terror group over the past years has being operating around the Nigeria and Niger boarder; also between Nigerian and Cameroon boarder. Nigerian has a population of about 170 million people and it is a multi-ethnic country with…