Domestic terrorism in the United States

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the United States and the international community made a number of drastic improvements to their counter-terrorism strategies. These improvements have not only severely disrupted the lines of communication between terrorist cells and their leaders, they also have severely degraded their ability to travel across international boundaries. As a result, terrorist organizations have been forced to adopt new tactics. One of the latest emerging…

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learned about was PRISM, a program that allowed the NSA to gather email, video chat, photos, and other data from big companies such as Microsoft and Google. (Ganguly 99). This information was used to investigate crimes that occurred within the United States and also to protect the freedoms of the internet. The actions of revealing this information by Snowden began debates and discussions about the legality and ethics of the tactics that the NSA uses, that has been discussed thoroughly since this…

The dawning of international terrorism has forced a complete re-thinking of how citizens and governments handle emergency management, perceive military ventures, and interact with law enforcement agencies. However, there have been stumbling blocks to how best to implement wide-scale institutional changes across all agencies and communities to counter terrorism. While most agree with the definition of terrorism – acts that seek to intimidate, coerce, or ransom populations to create fear, gain…

"“We The Students” Essay From 1787 when the Constitution was signed to present day, the United States went from worrying about gaining freedom and equal rights, to now where problems are much different with all the new technological advances and new situations that arise. The Amendments of the Constitution, were made to protect people's rights. While presently all of these amendments are enforced, it is evident that nowadays the concept of each amendment is getting blurred and it is…

Terrorism can be described as any act of violence intended to cause death or serious bodily harm in order to intimidate the population or to compel a government and international agencies from doing something. For the United States, the most horrific terrorist attack to happen occurred on September 11th, 2001 when terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the twin towers and the pentagon. It not only resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians, but it would change…

and lax laws. The laws in place in the United States regarding guns must be changed to ensure guns do not fall into the hands of dangerous people. It is necessary to acknowledge the appalling amounts of gun violence and follow the example of other nations to establish a system that makes gun access slightly more restricted and focuses on mental health in order to reduce the frequency of the tragedies that are happening every day in America. The United States suffers from the…

The United States Invasion of Iraq In 2003 Iraq has been the focus of the international community and has been featured prominently in the media in recent times. America’s interest grew after WWII because of oil. The United States was Iraq’s biggest guest, through the oil-for-food program. Before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraq’s domestic oil was fully nationalized and closed to oil companies. Later that year, it was privatized and dominated by foreign firms. Oil was not the only…

counterintelligence, and intelligence” (fbi.gov, 2005). Their mission is to protect the United States against all enemies, enemy attacks and Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD), foreign and domestic. The National Security Branch consists of five divisions, counterintelligence division, counterterrorism division, high value detainee interrogation group, terrorist screening…

to be focusing on them. For example, in a Gallup poll, people were asked, what is the most important problem facing the United States today? When it came to non-economic problems, terrorism only received 4% of the vote (Most Important Problem). What these people don’t know is that if these problems are not fixed, then, in the long run, these problems will hit the United States hard. Throughout its history, America has faced many significant problems; however the three…