Terrorism Act 2000

Since the 9/11 attacks, the city of Baltimore has taken substantial steps to prepare for the possibility of another terrorist incident. With the evolution of homeland security and Maryland’s close proximity to Washington DC, Baltimore officials were forced to re-evaluate the terrorist threat and vulnerabilities that plagued their city. Maryland was confronted with a variety of issues stemming from their mass transit system, expansive private and public people infrastructure, oceanic ports, and…

There are many different types of terrorism in the world, the main two getting attention right now is cyber terrorism and guerrilla tactics acts of terrorism. Technology is the driving force in society communication and internet surfing being a focal point of how terrorism can be expressed or how terrorist reach out to their followers. Cyberterrorism come in the form denial of service attacks, phishing attacks to hold one’s data captive for a payment, the leaking off classified information. In…

Galvin’s “Mission Specific” Learning Objectives Based on Case Study of Gen Colin Powell The transformation of the post-cold war unipolar global environments in last decade or so could mainly be attributed to the threat of violent extremism and terrorism; which is conceptually old but has new found strategies and tactics. This in turn has brought about paradigm changes in the dynamics of warfare in terms of war preparations, force projection and deployment along with war fighting. The focus has…

To most of us when thinking of bioterror attacks our minds immediately assume the worst possible apocalyptic type outcomes we can fathom. Our thoughts carry not just dilemmas but calamities of death and chaos everywhere but before destruction happens there are quitter times when a multitude of dilemmas occur. One of the most important dilemma battles from the start will be crisis management. Some others are medical (triage, quarantine, medication), communication (phones, news outlets, social…

Background: Recently, Apple was required to unlock a work-issued iPhone-5C to cooperate with FBI in a terrorist attack. However, Apple declined the request. Apple’s attitude on encryption: Law enforcement agents around the country have already said they have hundreds of iPhones they want Apple to unlock if the FBI wins this case. In the physical world, it would be the equivalent of a master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks. Of course, Apple would do our best to protect…

A hybrid threat is a combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and criminal elements. Hybrid threats may be nation-state actors such as conventional core state armies or non-state actors such as terrorist organizations. These forces and organizations may work together, either purposefully or not, to achieve mutually beneficial effects on the battlefield. Defeating a hybrid threat requires adaptiveness, and the ability to react quickly. Hybrid threats are highly adaptive adversaries…

What is the single biggest threat to the United States today? If a group of Americans were asked to answer this question, there would surely be much debate. The threat of terrorism certainly has had an effect on the American way of life. College students are being gunned down on their own campuses, buildings are being bombed, and co-workers are shooting each other. ISIS claims to be in the United States planning their next attack. Any informed American would be concerned. It could also be argued…

The article really portrays and shows that the theme is terrorism. In the article it says, or explains how a terrorists or white nationalist turns himself into the authorities, or police because he drove into a crowd of people and killed a 32 year old female. The article says that the felon is being charged with two felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, and one felony count of malicious bodily injury by means of caustic substance. In the articles it says how Mr. Cantwell was a self…

As Wayne E. Lee points out in his book Waging War, modern warfare revolves around insurgencies. Due to the asymmetry of weaponry in these conflicts, insurgencies aim to make warfare as protracted as possible. As seen in the 1966 movie The Battle of Algiers, the insurgencies in Algeria use their limited capacity for conflict to their advantage, and fight the French descriptive instead of head on. The French army failed to deal with the insurgency effectively and thus public opinion in France…

concerned about terrorism than it is concerned with the thousands of people dying at the hands of distracted driving and overwhelming horsepower on our nation’s roads. Easterbrook states in this article that the thousands of traffic deaths our nation experiences each year are uncovered by the media, unheralded by the public, and preventable (A-2--4). Easterbrook makes reference to the tragic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 to show us how much more we care about terrorism deaths than we…