A known terrorist has been captured, and the threat of an attack on American soil is possible. As a utilitarian should security forces torture the terrorist to get him to reveal the details of the attack? I believe as utilitarian yes go ahead and torture him. Make his life awful and unbearable so that he understands the pain he is attempting to unfold on American civilians. Then he may realize that his actions are bad and he will give up the details. I would do this because it benefits the…
On Tuesday, 09/13/2016, at approximately 1009 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to handle a telephone report of a theft from a motor vehicle that occurred at 15A Canary Rd. Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois 62903. The victim was Rahaf Sallouha (F/W, DOB: 07/16/1975). I called Sallouha via telephone. She stated her handbag was stolen from within her vehicle. Sallouha drove a black 2010 Honda Odyssey van bearing Illinois registration L142489. The handbag was lying between…
ICE has become the leading agency surrounding the investigation of IP theft to include those illicit activities associated with that theft such as smuggling and money laundering. Counterfeit products are being targeted and seized on a daily basis entering ports, airports, and other points of entry into the US. The goal of ICE is not limited to targeting and seizure of counterfeit products but is meant to impede the manufacturing, distribution, sales, and financing of those TCOs and other…
mission is to regulate the safety of all foods except meat, poultry, and some egg products. They also ensure the effectiveness and safety of all drugs. What I found interesting is that they have all the recalls, outbreaks, and warnings on food. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives recognize the role that firearms…
Direct Quote Would you rather risk national security or your own personal privacy? Right now that is the question for all Apple users. The FBI is requiring Apple to create a software to get passed the auto-erase feature on the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooters. They believe that there is important information on their phone about other terrorists. Kurt Opsahl, general counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based digital rights non-profit explains that “the…
At the time of Motanga's alleged rise to boss, a March 2009 article in the New York Post claimed that the Bonanno family consisted of approximately around 130 non-imprisoned "made"(Editors, 2015) members. Montagna was shortly then deported to Canada in April 2009 which left the family to create a ruling board of members until a new boss could be chosen. They chose to not follow any orders from Vincent Basciano since he was appointed by Massino who had turned rat to the FBI. They could no longer…
violent crime. One being the number of people arrested for violent crimes in the United States, and the other is the race of the victims of violent crime. In order to be able to measure violent crime, it must first be defined. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports program (UCR), “violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.” By measuring violent…
Fears about the possible use of biological weapons against US civilians had been largely hypothetical but were confirmed by the combination of 9/11 terrorist attacks and especially, the anthrax letters of September 2001. The perception about bioterrorism drastically changed, resulting in new legislation and public health measures being put in place to prevent any future mishaps from occurring. One example is the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act which granted public health officials…
In writing Rogue Justice, The Making of the Security State, author Karen J. Greenberg has created an insightful, and telling account of how dangerously close America came to losing many of the freedoms afforded to us in the Bill of Rights following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is certainly accurate about Rouge Justice when he explained that the book is “a must read for anyone who cares about the…
1. Fire scenes are different than the regular crime scenes because as for the evidence of a fire scene was most likely destroyed or burned, the person who committed the crime does not usually the crime scene. This makes it a little more difficult to piece together the suspect and convict someone of their crimes. 2. The blast effect is what happens when a rush of gasses from the source of the bomb blows outward. 3. Two types of high explosives are both primary and secondary. Primary explosives…