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(a new history of Iraq)
Psychologically, it is very difficult for them to believe that Islamic believers, meaning Arabs in this case have lost wars with the infidels. Islam is the religion of victors and one day, God willing Islam will rule the wor Continue Reading...
Introduction
The United States has leased 45 square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay from Cuba for more than a century. Commonly known as “Gitmo,” the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay has been the source of increasing calls for Continue Reading...
While some of the Islamic fundamentalist groups are created to fight for religious purposes, they employ tactics and strategies that make them to be considered as a threat to national security.
This negative perspective of Islam by America has gain Continue Reading...
The effect is that exclusion is not only applied to those who would hurt the government but also to those that would uphold the same. The Patriot Act provides facilitation of shared information as well as cooperation between agencies of the governm Continue Reading...
National Preparedness Goal
National Preparedness, the Presidential Policy Directive #8 (PPD-8), gives a description of the approach of the United States (U.S.) in the area of being prepared for threats and hazards posing the highest risk to American Continue Reading...
TSA
History of TSA
On March 9, 1972, a Trans World Airlines jet bound for Los Angeles took off from JFK International Airport in New York. Moments into the flight, the airline received an anonymous phone call warning there was a bomb on the flight Continue Reading...
viewing the function of policing. It increases understanding of the policing function at different levels hence minimizes conflict and confusion over issues in policing. It is obvious the levels of policing discussed herein are very dependable on ea Continue Reading...
That can happen with commanders who are not capable of handling stress very well (Paton, 2003). They may operate acceptably when they are addressing everyday life, but when they are faced with something that is a major occurrence they will struggle Continue Reading...
S.-Mexico boarder. Not only this, but the strengthening of the drug trade, as well as the potential for human trafficking and the smuggling of terrorists poses a potential catastrophe for the United States. While the U.S.-Mexico boarder has always be Continue Reading...
The department also received the nationally sought-after recognition of being accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) standards. As the 1990s came to a close, Miami experienced a continuing crime rate Continue Reading...
In places such as Richmond, that have an already checkered past in their relationship with the public, the public perception is further damaged by the rise in crime. This is true of the police department in the rest of the country as well. The rise Continue Reading...
Transforming Elections
In 2004, approximately 120.3 million people cast a ballot for president, which, in absolute numbers, are the most to have participated in any American election.
In the popular vote, President Bush received 51% of the popular Continue Reading...
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997), the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. This ruling presented ethical challenges for the criminal justice system, especially with the high-profile trial of Jack Ke Continue Reading...
Cyber Security Technology
Emerging Technology for Cyber Security
Real-World Examples of the use of Emerging Cyber Security Technologies
Government Efforts to enhance Cyber security Technologies
Benefits and Drawbacks of Government Efforts for ne Continue Reading...
lost book. The idea is to have a sticker that contains a code, by which an item can be located. If you are looking for an item, it will be equipped with a signal that, when you ask for it, will respond.
A variation on this technology already exists Continue Reading...
DRNC Scenario
Overview of Subject Matter: Biological warfare has got to do with the utilization of a wide range of microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, or bacteria to harm a human target (or in rare cases, to harm plants and animals). Essentially, Continue Reading...
Everyone is under suspicion, according to the eye of the camera. Everyone is treated as if they are a likely criminal. This has a negative psychological affect on the general population who are not criminals.
For those who are not criminals, they f Continue Reading...
Police
Law enforcement agencies, or the police force, operate on several jurisdictional platforms within the United States. In general, their primary mandate is to help maintain societal order and the rule of law by assisting subjects with legal com Continue Reading...
("About FEMA," 2007)
The method followed by FEMA is to lead the country in cases of a disaster, in a risk-based comprehensive emergency management system that would have as its important tenets preparedness, protection, response and recovery, and f Continue Reading...
Migration and Crime
Immigration is one of the major issues that attracted significant attention in the United States, especially because of the increase in security concerns in the country and throughout the world. The significance of this issue is Continue Reading...
Zalmai Azmi, the FBI's chief information officer for the last year realized the need for change, even if it would garner political heat, and decided to implement changes to the organization known as the FBI. The change was related to the growing inno Continue Reading...
Intelligence Unit Memo
Police Chief I.B. Friendly
Incorporating Intelligence Unit into Department
In modern law enforcement, the sophistication of modern criminal activity, particularly post-September 11th, causes a necessary paradigm shift for 21 Continue Reading...
Thus, these authors warn that the abuse of authority must be consistently checked and fought in order to keep it from expanding. This is currently being evidenced in our society. The Bush administration has repeated thwarted the power of Congress an Continue Reading...
According to Prchal, "As the nineteenth century became the twentieth, the United States experienced an unprecedented surge in immigration. Some 3.8 million Italians, 3.4 million Slavs, and 1.8 million Russian and Eastern European Jews -- along with Continue Reading...
George W. Bush: A Biographical SketchGeorge W. Bush had been the 43rd President of the United States of America. His term lasted from 2001 to 2009. Bush, who was the eldest son of George H. Bush, the 41st President of the US, was the Republican Gover Continue Reading...
Project’s Objectives and Goals
Integrated Emergency Preparedness Solutions Inc. purposes to capitalize on Emergency Preparedness, Management, Execution, and Analyses. Its main objective is to better apply data and research, as well as our speci Continue Reading...
FEMA & Robert T. Stafford Act of 1988
Disaster relief has been an issue of significant focus for the federal government through the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not created until 1978. The significance of disaster relief for the feder Continue Reading...
Policemen of the World:
By the beginning of the 20th Century, the United States has become the principal force in international relations. As a result of the growth of the country, some people argue that the American military operates as the world's Continue Reading...
Clandestine Drug Labs and the Fire Service
What are the risks and inherent dangers when firefighters are facing a blaze that resulted from a meth lab? What should firefighters do when they suspect a fire has been caused by the existence of a meth la Continue Reading...
capabilities discussed on page 16 of the Government Accountability Office report from this unit's readings. In your view, why hasn't the federal government been able to fulfill those capabilities after the September 11, 2001 and Hurricane Katrina in Continue Reading...
When an imbalance of representible matter exists, the basis of the rule of law is jeopardized.
What may be done in war is authorized by an intermediary party. A court may review claims by Guantanamo detainees based on alleigance neither to the targ Continue Reading...
Kant was no exception to the paradigmatic priorities (i.e. objectivity as knowledge) of the era, and brief reference to the episteme is serves accuracy in discursive analysis of this heritage within American politics and policy thought. For instance Continue Reading...
According to National Public Radio, after U.S. forces invaded Iraq in March of 2003 Blackwater received another contract, to provide security, as mentioned in the introduction. A terrible incident happened in 2004 in the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Four Continue Reading...
S. mainland. The court can reject the procedures only if it finds the plan for complying with the law as "clearly erroneous." The program may also continue for a year although the law is scheduled for renewal in six months. Warrant-less eavesdropping Continue Reading...
Bush opposed legislation that would entrust airlines with the decision to arm their pilots. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta concur with Bush in opposition to the Young-Mica bill. Of course, the issue o Continue Reading...
Ethics of Clandestine Intelligence Operations
Introduction
One of the most common yet least understood methods of operations in the art of statecraft is the clandestine operation (Sheldon 1997). Though popularized in pulp fiction and film, such as th Continue Reading...
This incident is evidence that the communications systems between all of the agencies are not linked in a way that is appropriate or helpful to ensuring that the citizens of the United Sates are safe. This failure of the agencies to effectively comm Continue Reading...
286). Employers have, since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of1986 (IRCA), been obligated to function under the laws that govern verifying applicant/employee citizenship, and which assigns costly fines to companies that do not comply with the Continue Reading...
Figure 1. Demographic composition of the United States (2003 estimate).
Source: Based on tabular data in World Factbook, 2007 (no separate listing is maintained for Hispanics).
From a strictly percentage perspective, it would seem that Asian-Amer Continue Reading...