Domestic terrorism in the United States

Effects of 9/11 On September 11th, 2001, the United States underwent one of its most violent, devastating terrorist attacks. This event reverberated through the country’s foundation and left an incredible impact. The lasting effects of 9/11 stretched across multiple facets of America’s way of life. Prejudice has always lingered in the United States, and after this major terrorist attack, Muslims experienced an overwhelming amount of hatred and prejudice directed at them. Flying is also now…

Privacy of citizens in the United States is deteriorating due to the vast amount of technological advancements that have surfaced throughout the years. Comparisons between Orwell's novel concerning a tightly controlled totalitarian future ruled by the ubiquitous Big Brother are strikingly similar in today’s world. The most obvious ones are telescreens, psychological mind control through paranoia, and criminalization of free thought. Envisioning a desolate future that banishes personal freedom…

first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was a document signed amongst the 13 original colonies that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states. The Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781, five years after the Declaration of Independence and two years before winning independence from Great Britain. During this time, states acted like independent countries and federal government lacked the power it has today. The national government was…

within federal executive departments. Within this maze there is a direct line of authority and a line of coordination connecting these elements into a manageable soup. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States, leads the IC. Although this office is not listed as a member of the Intelligence Community, the DNI exerts leadership of the IC primarily through the statutory authorities under which he: Controls the National Intelligence program…

as one of the top companies in the passenger car industry. They have earned multiple honors in customer loyalty, the leading car rental company, top in overall performance, the top managed company, and more in the world’s honor, North America, United States, Canada, Latin America/Caribbean, Australia, Asia, and the EMEA (Europe, Middle Eastern, and Asia) (“Avis Budget Group”, 2015). Lastly, the rental car industry correlates…

“The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun” (Wayne 2012, as cited in NRA 2012). There are approximately 44 homicides per day or 16,238 per year in the United States. Of those, 11,000 included death by firearm. According to the second amendment citizens of the U.S. have the right to bear arms. Even though the majority of deaths were by guns, “any gun control law would not prevent evil people from enacting their homicidal plans” (Farago 2015). More gun control legislation…

and make comments without hesitation, not realizing that our words are forever ingrained into the fabric of the internet, being forever viewable to the world. Our online activity is constantly on display and is being tracked at every moment. The United States has been granted the ability to secretly examine, store, and distribute the metadata of potentially billions of people with the greatest surveillance capabilities ever seen in human history; with all the power concentrated almost…

increasingly concerned about becoming scapegoats in War on Terror. In a 2010 poll, 48% percent of Muslims claimed to experience discrimination based on their race or religion in the previous year and 53% felt that it was more difficult to be Muslim in United States after 9/11, a much higher percentage than any other religious group in America (Gallup,…

In order to ensure the safety of the citizens of the United States of America, the US government should be allowed to surveill its citizens under the correct circumstances. After the bombing of the World Trade Center in September of 2001, security measures have been put in place in order to prevent similar events from happening. A person’s digital property should be subject to the same rules and regulations as their physical property. Of course this doesn’t mean watching every waking move, like…

Introduction: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a non-state terror organization operating out of the Middle East. ISIS addresses the political and economic grievances of Sunni Muslims and utilizes asymmetric statecraft and exploits globalization to reach their goals wealth, capacity and influence. They strategically execute domestic and transnational terror attacks in an attempt to expose the weakness of the established state to incite political reform. Non state actors such as…