one. There are also many agencies and private sectors that make up the protection of the homeland and the support of the country, the President and the sitting secretaries. The department of Homeland was a department organized after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The homeland defense has many roles, and I know bringing them together will help us further understand about each department. The primary mission, task and responsibility, how resources are used to accomplish these task and…
bot. Normally, these bots are part of a network of infected computers known as a botnet. The attacker in control of a botnet can use it for a variety of purposes. One of the most common uses for a botnet is to perform distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), where the bots send massive amounts of web traffic to a single website and attempt to bring it down. Botnets can also be used to…
The attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy on the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii prompted the United States to join World War II and completely destroyed the already tenuous relationship between Japan and the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor was caused by the failing relationship that came to fruition during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The only possible defense for the Japanese attack comes from a fervent Japanese imperialist. The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7th, 1941 was…
The World has seen a number of terrorist attacks in its history, however terrorism acts have been increasing since the middle half of the 20th Century. Most recently terrorism acts have been committed by Muslim and Islamists extremist. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States defines terrorism as ““the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of…
between the sender and receiver of the information and relay them such signals so that they both feel they are interacting with each other (Rouse, n.d.). Such an attack is very commonly used to bypass the cryptographic protocols that might be put in place to maintain data security. Eavesdropping as outlined above is an example of MITM attack. In such cases, even though the two parties communicating believe that they are talking with each other, the entire conversation or transmission of data is…
think or hear about terrorism? The answer is way too often, even from scrolling on social media pages and looking in the daily newspapers. Americans everyday see disturbing pictures and videos that are taken from news reports to show the horrific attacks that the Middle East causes on the world. Terrorism is taking over social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Along with CNN and ABC, terrorism is getting all the advertisement and propaganda that they desire. Terrorism is infiltrating…
While the nation watched in terror and unsure if the attacks were over two other events had yet to unfold. Such as, American Airlines Flight 77 flying to Washington, D.C., with the purpose of causing destruction and United Flight 93’s passengers taking a bold step against the terrorists. The first event of American Airlines 77 took place at 9:45 a.m. The flight headed towards Washington, D.C., crashed into the west side of the Pentagon killing 125 people in the building along with 64 people…
9/11 its post 9/11 form has become much less centralized, and they often are looking to inspire lone actor terrorists in Western countries. Zawahiri has given allies and affiliates a much greater level of independence and permission to carry out attacks without the permission of Al-Qaeda central. Another aspect of Al- Qaeda that sets it apart from Hamas or Hizballah, is that it often uses mass amounts of suicide bombers to achieve its goals. Though Hizballah does this as well there use of…
narrative and description of the events leading up to the September 11th attacks, focusing mostly on the actions of the CIA, Pakistani and Saudi intelligence; as those were the major players in the field…
the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the U.S. by Al Qaeda, Rodrigues was assigned to the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center where he was then responsible for developing and implementing methods for capturing terrorists and collecting their intelligence. In his New York Times Bestseller, Hard Measures, Rodriguez discusses the controversial interrogation techniques used by the CIA on detainees suspected to be involved with the 9/11 events and retain information on future attacks on the U.S.…