Domestic terrorism in the United States

Stop Mass Spying The government hacking into phones, seizing computers, and tracking people by using satellites are not the plot of a blockbuster movie anymore. It is real. In April 28 of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to the changes made to “Rule 41”, giving judges the authority to approve remote access to suspects’ computers outside their jurisdiction if the suspect has tried to hide their location, as criminal suspects are wont to do. The Congress has seven…

on September 11th, 2001 and the United States launched operation enduring freedom on October 7th, 2001. After just 26 days of weighing both the costs and benefits the United States decided to enter the war. The short term and long term benefits gained from the War on Terror have not justified the monetary, social, and political price we have and will pay as a nation. When another nation or group performs a terror attack, killing many innocent civilians on domestic soil, many people are going to…

The Office of Homeland Security (OHS) was created eleven days after the events of September 11, 2001 with the purpose to oversee and coordinate a national strategy to protect the United States against terrorism and act as a responder to any future attacks. In November 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which resulted in the largest government reorganization in the history of the US with- the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Some of the functions DHS…

The US has been fighting this war on terrorism for a decade, and is still fighting, with little change to show for it (Tran). Peacekeeping missions led by the US increased in intensity around the world in the 1990’s, and over the last two decades the world has become a more dangerous place,…

After Kaczynski graduated from the University of Michigan, Kaczynski taught at the University of California, but according to Maria Haberfeld, author of A new understanding of terrorism, Haberfeld notes that “Kaczynski continued his pattern of having limited contact with others at Berkeley” (Haberfeld, 2009, 38), which furthered Kaczynski’s isolation patterns. In 1969, Kaczynski inexplicably resigned his teaching position with the overriding concern that technology was to enslave mankind. In the…

Drone Warfare: The United States and their Aggressive Drone Policy in Afghanistan The United States has shifted its military strategies for taking out foreign enemies by reducing the number of boots they put on the ground and increasing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles referred to as drones. The use of drones is effective at sparing the number of U.S. soldiers and pilots being sent to deal with terrorist organizations (Grayson 2016). However it is ineffective in reducing the number of…

Bioterrorism is a form of terrorism that holds a massive danger over anybody, with the power to kill millions in just days or months. Some various chemical weapons that can be used or have been include: Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola, Plague, and Tularemia. Each one of these viruses contains the power to harm, severely disable, or kill a person. From Pneumonia to shock and paralysis the wrath of chemical agent produces much more torturous effects then a gun-wound in a war scenario. To put into…

of intelligence. The increase of electronic communications has brought the private sector directly into the battle between homeland security and civil liberties. Homeland security intelligence is the invisible connections that fight the web of terrorism. Past centralized intelligence methods have been replace with a great number of resources spanning the line from Federal to local street level. Overall, the capabilities have increased the community’s ability to gather and process information.…

blurred, they have similar tasks and mission, and we use descriptive definition verses legal definition to characterize them. Both have the same goals of protecting United States but utilizes available resources differently due the nature of the legalities of the Constitution and mission sets. Resources that come from local and state level are part of the Homeland Security structure are limited, with the exception of the National Guard due to its unique nature, which we will get to a little…

the world was in shock. The magnitude of the terrorist attacks were nothing to be overlooked. The United States knew they had to find a way to keep the people calm and in a safe place. Forty-five days after the terrorist attacks on the nation, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, acronym for the “ Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act. The acts primitive intentions wants to find and prosecute any terrorist suspect in…