The Importance Of Title V
On September 11, 2001, three terrorist attacks struck the United States. Since Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States had not suffered such a dreadful aggression. Approximately 2750 people died in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, 189 people died in the attack on the Pentagon, and 45 people died in the crash of UA93 in Pennsylvania. Within this major crisis of terrorism the US Congress and the US government acted immediately to prevent more terrorist attacks. They defended the necessity to take exceptional measures in extraordinary times. This sense of urgency was closely connected to the governmental and Congressional aim to give additional legal tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies to help them prevent further
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Title IV is designed to prevent terrorism in the United States protecting the Northern border, enhancing immigration provisions, and preserving immigration benefits for victims of terrorism. Section 411, for instance, details the definitions linked to terrorism, and “adds to the terrorism-related grounds upon which an alien may be denied admission into the United States”. Title V is related to the capture and prosecution of terrorists. It authorizes the Attorney General (§501) and Secretary of State (§502) to pay rewards to combat terrorism. Title VI provides assistance, compensation and financial aid to victims of terrorism, public safety officers, and their families. Title VII expands a secure regional information sharing system to combat multi-jurisdictional terrorist conspiracies and activities.
Title VIII amends some provisions of the US Code, Title 18. Several sections within this title define or re-define a number of terms, including domestic terrorism (§802), jurisdiction over crimes committed at US facilities abroad (§804), and a list of violent federal crimes considered as federal crimes of terrorism (§808). Sections 801 (terrorist attacks) and 814 (cyberterrorism) intended to strengthen the criminal laws against terrorism; whereas sections 803, 805, 806, 807, 809, and 817 increase penalties against terrorists or anyone harboring, concealing, or providing support to
Title IV is designed to prevent terrorism in the United States protecting the Northern border, enhancing immigration provisions, and preserving immigration benefits for victims of terrorism. Section 411, for instance, details the definitions linked to terrorism, and “adds to the terrorism-related grounds upon which an alien may be denied admission into the United States”. Title V is related to the capture and prosecution of terrorists. It authorizes the Attorney General (§501) and Secretary of State (§502) to pay rewards to combat terrorism. Title VI provides assistance, compensation and financial aid to victims of terrorism, public safety officers, and their families. Title VII expands a secure regional information sharing system to combat multi-jurisdictional terrorist conspiracies and activities.
Title VIII amends some provisions of the US Code, Title 18. Several sections within this title define or re-define a number of terms, including domestic terrorism (§802), jurisdiction over crimes committed at US facilities abroad (§804), and a list of violent federal crimes considered as federal crimes of terrorism (§808). Sections 801 (terrorist attacks) and 814 (cyberterrorism) intended to strengthen the criminal laws against terrorism; whereas sections 803, 805, 806, 807, 809, and 817 increase penalties against terrorists or anyone harboring, concealing, or providing support to