Vaccines and the Smallpox Epidemic
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Stuck Writing Your "Patriot Act" Term Paper?
different from Congress’s Patriot Act following 9/11, which granted permission to the State’s various intelligence agencies to… Continue Reading...
into law with the ready-to-go on the day of the attack Patriot Act -- rushed through Congress with reckless abandon. [9: G. Mantri, Homegrown Terrorism. Harvard International Review, 33(1): 94.] THE BACKGROUND TO IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN THE U.S. National security became the foremost important issue in America following 9/11. Hafetz (2012) points out that since the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, "several areas of overlap between immigration and national security law" have occurred.[footnoteRef:10] Towards identifying the purveyors of violence against Americans, legislators and leaders in American politics have adopted "narratives that pit the rights of… Continue Reading...
Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act set the stage for a massive overhaul of the surveillance state, allowing more freedom to the surveillance agencies (Primus, 2011). This has not been received well by citizens who prefer to maintain anonymity and security. The political and social consequences of these Acts will continue to develop in the foreseeable future and DHS should plan accordingly so as not to be accused of acting unethically. Intentional and Unintentional Potentials for Actions to be Models The government sets the example of behavior both around… Continue Reading...
and an era of abrogated civil rights under the umbrella of The Patriot Act, a government attempt to heighten monitoring of potential terrorists and prevent another 9-11 style attack (United States Department of Justice, 2016). It also brought attention to a new type of threat; jihad, as these terrorists styled themselves as holy warriors. What is Jihad? While members of Al Qaeda and subsequent terrorist groups have called themselves mujahideen, jihadists, and jihadi and have proclaimed that their actions are taken in the name of Islam, it is important to understand that their take on the concept of jihad is a radicalized… Continue Reading...
