Federal Bureau of Investigation

Racial Profiling or Authorities Doing Their Job? The arrest of a 14-year-old Muslim student at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas sparked a controversy long debated within the United States. Racial profiling. Little did Ahmed Mohamed know that bringing the clock he made from a pencil-case to school would end with him being arrested for the hoax bomb law. In an interview with Chris Hayes of MSNBC, Ahmed tells the story of how he was interrogated on school property for over an hour where he…

Terrorism is not new to the world, it has been used since the early times of recorded history, but it is different today from what it was like in the ancient times. The Sicarii were a Jewish group that has been believed to do the first act of terror in the recorded history, by slaughtering their Roman rulers. In the past, terrorism was for the purpose of ethnic cleansing and to keep a brutal dictatorship in power. Today, the purposes of terrorism haven’t really changed, however it is better to…

and its impact will need to be heavily reviewed and analysed. Additionally, the SIRC needs a new committee appointment process, renewed mandate from the government, new statutory capabilities and formal help to renew the communication channels with federal security…

became the envy of many other countries. Event’s like Pearl Harbor, September 11th, bombing of USS Cole, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Truck Bombing of the Ok U.S. Embassies. Attacks have not been limited to outside enemy’s, the Oklahoma City Federal building bombing, and Anthrax Letter Attacks, were both carried out by fellow Americans on their own country. Each of these acts of terror has affected the country and it’s citizens emotionally, financially, created safety procedures to prevent…

Foreign Policy After 9/11 After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon September 11, 2001, the United States was completely changed forever. Everyone's lives changed drastically that day. There was a new threat to America and no way to fight this new enemy head on. For many people, the word terrorist was heard before, but Americans never would have expected that this would ever happen to us. We were caught off guard and severely damaged. After the attack, our foreign policy was…

Ever since the planes had crashed into the Twin Towers in New York on September 1, 2001, Americans had fallen into the state of fear. Since then, Americans were willing to give up their privacy for protection, and even to this day The President of the United States has signed a temporary travel ban that keeps people from other countries entering the U.S. to keep people safe. These actions of protecting the people represents what extent people will go to, to be safe rather than free. American…

will examine the pros and cons of the Patriot Act, and overall the ethics behind establishing, and implementing the Patriot Act throughout this country. New tools accessible from the Patriot Act Before September 11th, 2001 (9/11) the United States Federal Government had methods of…

After September 11, 2001, many things changed in the United States. Because of the potential for additional attacks on Americans here and abroad, the government started monitoring conversations on the Internet and on cell /telephones of citizen of the United States. This monitoring of electronic devises was without the knowledge or consent of the owners. The National Security Agency or NSA was very good at keeping their surveillance a secret from the public but all things done in the dark come…

One of the groups that have drawn the most attention in the last year has been Boko Haram (Lecture notes). Boko Haram was designated a terrorist group by U.S. in 2013 (Chothia, 2015). Government officials admit they “could have done it sooner” (Kessler, 2014). To be designated a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), there is a procedure that must be followed, as well as criteria that must be met (Kessler, 2014). The criteria includes the determination that the organization’s terrorist…

listening devices, or openly by asking questions. An example of this would be if there was reason to believe someone was involved in criminal activity, their computer use would be monitored to assess the situation and collect data to conduct further investigation. Processing and preparing data is the fourth step in the intelligence cycle (Carafano, 2012). In this step, all the information obtained to prepare for analysis. Information may be translated into another language, encrypted, or a…